opioids
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Ohio Attorney General Sues 5 Drug Companies for Fueling Opioid Epidemic
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit Wednesday against five pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids, as well as their related companies, alleging that the companies engaged in fraudulent marketing regarding the risks and benefits of prescription opioids, which he says fueled Ohio’s opioid epidemic. In a press release Wednesday, DeWine named the five companies…
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Court Documents Show Medications Found in Prince’s Home Were Not Prescribed to Him
On Monday, court documents became public involving the death of Prince. The unsealed documents showed that the medications found in the singer’s home were not prescribed to him. Bottles of opioid painkillers found in the home were prescribed to Prince’s friend and former drummer Kirk Johnson, according to CNN. The pills were found in various…
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Did Syrian Children’s Light Skin Motivate Trump?
‘The White-Oriented News Media Avoid Race’ Trump Supporters’ Attacks Take Their Toll: Journalists Seek to Foil the ‘Contentious and Ugly’ Race Influences Policies on Opioids, Crack How a Series on Latinos Won the Top Pulitzer Prize Short Takes “This week, it was the images — gruesome photos of a chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians…