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Buried in opioids, sickened community eyes drugmakers' role
JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — The numbers are staggering: An average yearly total of 107 opioid pills per resident were distributed over a seven-year period in this rural Appalachian county. The newly released federal data is shocking even to people who live here in Jackson County, where nearly everyone seems to...
Arkansas group to start opioid-deaths state database
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas nonprofit plans to develop an online database of opioid-related overdoses in the state. The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care is creating the database that would provide policymakers more accurate and updated information that they can use when applying for grants and...
Drug company, 4 people indicted in US painkiller probe
CINCINNATI (AP) — A wholesale drug distributor linked to the flood of opioids into Appalachia and two of its former executives were charged with conspiring to illegally distribute millions of painkiller pills, federal authorities said Thursday. The former executives of Ohio-based Miami-Luken — the...
Feds accuse nurse of prescription drug scheme
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Federal authorities have accused a nurse of fraudulently obtaining painkillers from her patients in eastern Iowa. Prosecutors say 31-year-old Katie Boll, of Manchester, is charged with 13 counts of acquiring controlled substances by fraud, deception or subterfuge in 2018 and one...
Prescription disposal site permanently housed at WV Capitol
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A permanent prescription drug disposal site is being placed at the West Virginia Capitol so people wanting to dispose of medication can do so all year. There has already been a collection site at the Capitol for National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, but the new location is...
Number of US overdose deaths appears to be falling
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers suggest. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday posted data showing nearly 68,000 drug overdose deaths were reported last year. The number may go up as more...
Medical cannabis patients in Hawaii offered 2-year renewal
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii residents have been offered two-year renewals of their medical cannabis certification cards. The Maui News reported Wednesday that the Hawaii Department of Health will allow the renewals beginning Thursday. Officials say current medical cannabis cardholders can submit their...
Arizona lawsuit names former opioid manufacturer executives
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's top attorney is accusing former opioid manufacturer executives of trying to sell a prescription drug through unethical means. Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced that his office filed a consumer fraud lawsuit Wednesday against Chandler-based Insys Therapeutics Inc. The state...
Data show many companies contributed to US opioid crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of OxyContin has been cast as the chief villain in the nation's opioid crisis. But newly released government figures suggest Purdue Pharma had plenty of help in flooding the U.S. with billions of pills even as overdose deaths were accelerating. Records kept by the federal Drug...
73 apply for 24 licenses to sell medical pot in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Most people who have applied to sell medical marijuana in the Kansas City area won't be granted licenses this year. The Kansas City Star reports that the director of Missouri's new medical marijuana program Lyndall Fraker says the Kansas City-area congressional district will get 24...
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