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Johnson & Johnson Fined $527 Million For Fuelling Opioid Crisis: US Judge
A judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson responsible for fueling Oklahoma's opioid crisis, ordering the pharmaceutical company to pay $572 million to remedy the devastation wrought by the epidemic on the state and its residents.
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Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay $572 Million For Opioid Addiction Crisis
An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered US health care giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million in damages for its role in fostering the state's opioid addiction crisis.
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US Doctors, Pharmacists Charged In Crackdown On Opioid Prescriptions
The US Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against 60 people, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists alleged to have illegally written hundreds of thousands of prescriptions for opioids that have underpinned the country's addiction crisis.
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Alphabet's Health Unit Verily Takes on the US Opioid Epidemic
Verily plans to partner with hospitals in Ohio on a tech-heavy approach to treating people with substance-abuse disorders.
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Donald Trump Champions Death Penalty For Drug Dealers
US President Donald Trump on Monday made a controversial call for drug traffickers to face the death penalty, as part of his plan to combat America's opioid epidemic -- a move that appears to be as much about politics as policy.
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Donald Trump To Nominate White House Aide For Drug Czar: White House
US President Donald Trump intends to nominate White House aide Jim Carroll to serve as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a post popularly known as the drug czar, the White House said in a statement on Friday.
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Deaths Among US Whites Rise From Drugs, Alcohol, Suicide
Middle-aged white Americans are dying at increasing rates from drug and alcohol use and suicide, in what researchers described Monday as a "epidemic" that raises concern for the future.
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Johnson & Johnson Fined $527 Million For Fuelling Opioid Crisis: US Judge
A judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson responsible for fueling Oklahoma's opioid crisis, ordering the pharmaceutical company to pay $572 million to remedy the devastation wrought by the epidemic on the state and its residents.
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Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay $572 Million For Opioid Addiction Crisis
An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered US health care giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million in damages for its role in fostering the state's opioid addiction crisis.
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US Doctors, Pharmacists Charged In Crackdown On Opioid Prescriptions
The US Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against 60 people, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists alleged to have illegally written hundreds of thousands of prescriptions for opioids that have underpinned the country's addiction crisis.
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Alphabet's Health Unit Verily Takes on the US Opioid Epidemic
Verily plans to partner with hospitals in Ohio on a tech-heavy approach to treating people with substance-abuse disorders.
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Donald Trump Champions Death Penalty For Drug Dealers
US President Donald Trump on Monday made a controversial call for drug traffickers to face the death penalty, as part of his plan to combat America's opioid epidemic -- a move that appears to be as much about politics as policy.
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Donald Trump To Nominate White House Aide For Drug Czar: White House
US President Donald Trump intends to nominate White House aide Jim Carroll to serve as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a post popularly known as the drug czar, the White House said in a statement on Friday.
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Deaths Among US Whites Rise From Drugs, Alcohol, Suicide
Middle-aged white Americans are dying at increasing rates from drug and alcohol use and suicide, in what researchers described Monday as a "epidemic" that raises concern for the future.
