Jun. 28—The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision Thursday, rejected a complicated settlement agreement between state and local governments and Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the addictive painkiller OxyContin that contributed significantly to the country’s deadly opioid crisis. The deal, which was agreed to in 2021 but has since been mired in legal limbo, […]
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has ended her court battle over opioid settlement funds after a judge earlier this week said she had no legal basis for her fight. Mayes’ office filed a voluntary motion to dismiss the case on Thursday, four days after a judge handed her a loss. The decision affirmed Gov. Katie […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blew up the massive bankruptcy reorganization of opioid maker Purdue Pharma, finding that the settlement inappropriately included legal protections for the Sackler family, meaning that billions of dollars secured for victims is now threatened. The court on a 5-4 vote on nonideological lines ruled that the bankruptcy court did […]
A U.S. Supreme Court decision stripping protections from the billionaire owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma means it may be years before North Carolina sees payouts from the company over its role in the nationwide opioid crisis. Thursday’s ruling, though, will not affect the vast majority of the approximately $1.5 billion North Carolina will collect […]
A U.S. Supreme Court decision stripping protections from the billionaire owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma means it may be years before North Carolina sees payouts from the company over its role in the nationwide opioid crisis. Thursday’s ruling, though, will not affect the vast majority of the approximately $1.5 billion North Carolina will collect […]
The US Supreme Court has rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic. After deliberating more than six months, the justices […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic. After deliberating more than six months, the […]
An Arizona judge has temporarily blocked Governor Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) from accessing the state’s share of a national opioid settlement to fill a budget gap, at the request of the state’s Democratic attorney general. Movement of a $115 million sum, part of Arizona’s $1.14 billion portion of the settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies that exacerbated […]
Here are this week’s letters to the editor of the Sheboygan Press. See our letters policy below for details about how to share your views. A response on opioid discussion This note is a response to Robert Ries’s June 2 opinion piece titled “Let’s not omit facts in opioid discussion,” commenting on my opinion from May […]
Oklahoma will have $11 million to fight opioid abuse, under a grant managed by the Attorney General’s office. The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board announced Tuesday 71 counties, cities, school districts and trusts received grants. About 25 more were invited to resubmit applications that were incomplete or did not cover an approved purpose, a press release […]
A former Wichita physician was sentenced Friday to a decade in prison for selling opioid prescriptions for personal gain to customers without a legitimate medical need for the medications, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Steven R. Henson, 63, admitted to writing oxycodone, methadone and alprazolam prescriptions to illegitimate patients between July 2014 and August 2015, […]
MONROE COUNTY — Monroe County residents are being asked to complete the online Opioid Needs Assessment. The survey is for all community members, including people with current or past opioid use disorders and co-occurring substance use or mental health disorders and their loves ones. The survey, offered through Michigan State University, is available at tinyurl.com/MonroeCoOpioidSurvey. […]