Tag: opioids

    Judge Rejects Baltimore’s $5.2 Billion Lawsuit Request to Address OD Crisis

    A judge has rejected Baltimore’s request for $5.2 billion in abatement money in a ...

    The Golden Age of Doctor-Shopping

    In 2012, right before prescription drug-monitoring programs (PDMP) shut everything down, I was seeing ...

    Walgreens Settles DOJ Prescription Opioid Lawsuit, Likely at $350 Million

    Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, will pay $300 million plus 4 percent interest ...

    Replication Study Refutes Naloxone “Moral Hazard” Paper

    Seven years ago, a deeply controversial paper claimed that states introducing laws to expand ...

    Scotland’s Overdose Prevention Center Up and Running: Will There Be More?

    In January, Scotland opened the first sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United ...

    BC Government’s Crackdown on Safe Supply Spreads Fear

    British Columbia’s provincial government has ended its take-home safe supply program for new participants, ...

    Utah Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers for “Central Role” in Opioid OD Crisis

    Utah is suing two of the nation’s top pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), the companies ...