US Supreme Court Sides with Doctors Challenging Opioid Convictions June 28, 2022 By Nate Raymond The US Supreme Court on Monday made it harder for prosecutors to win convictions of doctors accused of running “pill...
Opioid Distributors Sold ‘Mountain of Pills,’ Lawyer Tells Judge May 4, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Katherine Chiglinsky The biggest drug distributors in the U.S. were accused of swamping a West Virginia county with millions of doses of...
Former Oklahoma Doctor Guilty of Murder in Opioid Death May 3, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma doctor has been convicted of second-degree murder in the opioid overdose death of...
Purdue Opioid Deal Pits State Against State on Epidemic Cost September 13, 2019 By Erik Larson and Katherine Doherty Purdue Pharma LP, maker of the highly addictive Oxycontin painkiller, is pitting state against state with its offer of about...