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Last-ditch opioid settlement in Ohio could open door for much larger deal https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/ohio-counties-drug-firms-reach-260m-settlement-averting-trial/2019/10/21/c9ac1dd4-f39f-11e9-ad8b-85e2aa00b5ce_story.html CLEVELAND — Two Ohio counties and four drug companies settled a landmark lawsuit over responsibility for the opioid epidemic Monday in a deal that could help push the parties toward a wide-ranging agreement on more than 2,400 similar claims filed across the […]

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Gee, Pain Pills Are Not Killers. And the Sun Rises in the East. Who Knew? https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/10/21/gee-pain-pills-are-not-killers-and-sun-rises-east-who-knew-14349 Anyone see a trend? Source: FDA, Pain News In 2016 I testified at an FDA hearing about the “opioid crisis,” which was starting to make its way into the news in a big way. I was the last of 15 speakers, […]

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DEA on adjusting quotas for opioids In our series, Issues that Matter, we are focusing on the opioid crisis. According to the CDC, almost 400,000 Americans died from prescription and illicit opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2017. In 2017, more than 2.1 million Americans were addicted to opioids. This Saturday, the Drug Enforcement Administration is […]

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Until a few years ago … suicide was considered a CRIME… now we have some 6 states that have laws that makes “death with dignity” condones certain suicides within the guidelines that the state consider acceptable and reportedly a large number of states are considering passing same/similar laws. It is still ILLEGAL to assist and/or […]

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