Oxycontin
OxyContin maker settles with Oklahoma for $270M over role in opioid crisis
It's the first settlement from more than 2,000 opioid-related lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies
The billionaire family behind OxyContin is finally having its moment of reckoning
More than 500 cities, counties, and Native American tribes just slapped the Sackler family with another lawsuit.
What happens to 2,000 lawsuits against OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma if the company files for bankruptcy
The company is facing over 2,000 lawsuits demanding it pay up for an overdose crisis that's cost the country billions of dollars.
OxyContin makers kept pushing and profiting as addiction rates soared, new allegations say
A Massachusetts suit alleges shocking details of how Purdue Pharma amped up their marketing and looked at ways to make money from addiction
The Dangers of Marketing Addictive Drugs
New findings about the pressure to sell OxyContin reveal a lot about the opioid crisis.
Addictive Drugs Should Not be Marketed, Period
New findings about the pressure to sell OxyContin reveals a lot about the opioid crisis.
Florida is suing CVS and Walgreens for allegedly adding to the opioid crisis
The suit claims the drugstore chains have not taken precautions to prevent illegal distribution
Artists Are Occupying Museums to Protest Big Pharma
The Sackler family name is all over the art world, but they made their billions pushing opiates. These artists have had enough.
A New Book Chronicles How Pharma and Doctors Jumpstarted the Opioid Epidemic
“Dopesick” looks at how the makers of OxyContin targeted doctors in struggling areas with terrifying precision—and tragic consequences.
Purdue Pharma, company behind OxyContin, just laid off its entire sales team
The company is shifting away from Oxy, which accounted for 82 percent of sales in 2017.
What ‘13 Reasons Why’ Gets Right About Heroin Addiction
Based on my experience as a former heroin user, and as a journalist covering addiction, the show’s depiction is refreshingly authentic.
An Opioid Popularized by a Nazi Doctor Is Ravaging Africa
The former director of the drug enforcement agency in Nigeria estimated in 2016 that seven in ten boys were abusing drugs like tramadol.