David Ovalle

With frustration mounting about the toll of fentanyl, the debate over analogues has sparked clashing political approaches.

The money comes from pharmacy chains and drug manufacturers to settle lawsuits over their roles in flooding the United States with painkillers.

The Cherokee Nation is suing Morris & Dickson, one of the nation’s largest drug distributors.

The ruling also shields from future claims members of the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma.

The drug Opvee joins a growing market of overdose-reversing medications at a critical juncture in the nation’s drug crisis.

One man’s plight illustrates challenges faced by those with opioid addiction — especially people of color — in getting buprenorphine, an anti-addiction drug.

In 2022, opioids, including fentanyl, accounted for nearly 80,000 of the overdose deaths.

Federally funded study will look at whether those using drugs in programs in New York City and Rhode Island are less likely to overdose.

The supervised injection sites allow people to take illegal drugs like fentanyl under watch of staff trained to reverse overdoses.

‘It’s all designed to kill,’ says grieving brothe of the noxious substances added to illicit drugs without users’ knowledge.