opioids

Supporters of a plan to open supervised injection sites to try to reduce overdose deaths urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to review a court decision that bans the practice

Three major drug distributors and the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson have agreed to a $26 billion settlement with states to resolve thousands of lawsuits over the country’s opioid crisis, officials announced Wednesday. The four companies — which also include Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen and McKesson — were accused by states, cities and counties of playing a significant role in funneling a…

Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” that she’s hopeful that the spike in drug overdoses will not be lasting. 

Doctors say they’re facing increasing threats of violence for refusing to prescribe opioids or trying to wean patients off the addictive painkillers.

Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the painkiller Oxycontin, pleaded guilty to charges for its role in the opioid crisis. 

Purdue Pharma says its guilty plea over its role in the opioid crisis is “an essential step to preserve billions of dollars” for the settlement it is pursuing in bankruptcy court

Omnicare Inc., a subsidiary of CVS Health and a provider of pharmacy services to long-term care facilities, agreed to pay a $15.3 million penalty to resolve allegations that it allowed opioids to be dispensed without prescriptions, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Wednesday. The Cincinnati-based Omnicare operates non-public “closed door” pharmacies that deliver controlled substances to nursing homes and other…

In his first public remarks since plans to open a supervised injection site in South Philadelphia were scrapped, Mayor Jim Kenney warned that people could die as a result.

Mayor Jim Kenney says he is disappointed that an overdose prevention site in South Philadelphia was denied by residents. NBC10’s Stephania Jimenez reports on the harsh words Kenney had for critics of the supervised-injection site.

The nation’s first supervised injection site for drug users will not be in South Philadelphia after all, NBC10 reporter Drew Smith found. What happened in a day that changed history?

Constitution Health Plaza, expected to be the first location in the United States for a supervised injection site, said they have canceled plans to allow for the Safehouse facility.

The U.S. Attorney for the district covering Philadelphia is warning about the potential for a “literal street fight” as he seeks to halt the opening of a supervised injection site in the city.

Philadelphia is the first place in the country to open a supervised injection site. NBC10’s Mitch Blacher tells us all we need to know about the facility in South Philly that will allow drug users to inject opioids.

People living in South Philadelphia had no clue that the first supervised injection site would be right in their neighborhood. There will be no handle or selling of the drugs, the users have to bring their own. But they will give clean needles, supervision, and social workers who will be actively offering treatment.

South Philadelphia residents are opposed of a supervised injection site that has been placed in the neighborhood. NBC10 reporter Randy Gyllenhaal reports.

Federal prosecutors in Vermont say a health information technology company will pay $145 million to resolve criminal and civil charges that it helped set up an electronic health records system that encouraged physicians to prescribe opioids to people who might not need them

The founder and former top employees of a pharmaceutical company are being sentenced in a bribery scheme that prosecutors say helped fuel the national opioid epidemic. Starting Monday, seven people who worked for Insys Therapeutics will appear in Boston federal court for their sentencing. The case against company founder John Kapoor and his associates was considered the first to hold...

Owners of electric vehicles in a number of states will start seeing fees to pay for road repairs in the new year. At least eight states will begin charging new or higher registration fees Wednesday for electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids. The new fees mean that, for the first time, a majority of states will assess special fees on gas-free...

A narcotics operation in the Kensington and Fairhill neighborhoods netted 200 arrests and took 21 guns and around $670,000 worth of drugs off the streets, police say.

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed to begin testing for opioids, cocaine, fentanyl and synthetic THC. They will also remove marijuana from the list of drugs of abuse.