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opioid epidemic

China’s Retaliation For Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Could Worsen America’s Opioid Crisis

China has suspended cooperation with Washington to combat cross-border drug trafficking in the wake of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
By Sissi Cao

Nan Goldin’s Direct Action Group Protests Sackler Family Settlement

On Monday, Nan Goldin's group P.A.I.N. built a cardboard graveyard outside the courthouse where Purdue Pharma is on bankruptcy trial.
By Annie Levin

Critics Rage as Purdue Pharma Settlement Won’t Send Sacklers to Jail

The settlement includes three felony guilty pleas, a $3.54 billion criminal fine, a $2 billion forfeiture and $2.8 billion in civil liability damages. However, none of Purdue Pharma's executives or members of the Sackler family will serve prison time.
By Sissi Cao

Amy Klobuchar’s $100 Billion Addiction Plan Challenges Trump on His Home Turf

By Davis Richardson
View of an 'Overdose Rescue Kit,' which includes naloxone, a syringe for nasal atomization and instructions.

Why Aren’t More People Taking Naloxone Overdose Reversal Training?

By Lindsey Ellefson

Kellyanne Conway & Sara Carter Stoke Parental-Momo Fears Over ‘Skittles Parties’

By Davis Richardson
Communities nationwide are struggling with the unprecidented opioid pain pill and heroin addiction epidemic.

NJ Politics Digest: Cutting Prescriptions Didn’t Lead to Drop in Overdose Deaths

By Observer Politics Team

New York City Could Become First US City to Create Safe Injection Sites

By Madina Toure

Here’s How New York City Is Tackling the Opioid Epidemic

By Madina Toure
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, center, speaks at a press conference urging Senate Republicans to support the passage of emergency funding to tackle the opioid and heroin crisis.

NY Senator to Highlight Opioid Crisis at Trump’s State of the Union

By Madina Toure
New York Marijuana Legalization

Is New York on Its Way to Legalizing Marijuana?

By Madina Toure
A sign for Naloxone hangs on a wall as students learn to put together a Naloxone spray gun in a class on opioid overdose prevention held by non-profit Positive Health Project on Aug. 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

New York City Sues Big Pharma for $500 Million Over Opioid Epidemic

By Madina Toure
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

As Jeff Sessions Imposes Crackdown on Marijuana Laws, Lawmakers Threaten Obstruction

By Davis Richardson
Unsplash/Mathew Macquarrie

US Life Expectancy Drops for Second Year in a Row, Research Points to Opioids

By Francesca Friday
Joe Vitale.

Vitale Bill Would Standardize Drug Overdose Data for Medical Examiners

By Christian Hetrick

Christie: Opioid Epidemic Should Be A Top Priority for Congress

By Alyana Alfaro
Veterans take part in a "Tribute To Heroes" ceremony in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Bandaging Veterans’ Pain With Opioids Is Proving Deadly, Must Stop

By Ken Blaker
The prescription medicine OxyContin is displayed August 21, 2001 at a Walgreens drugstore in Brookline, MA.

Are Lawsuits the Solution to the Opioid Epidemic?

By Donald Scarinci
LAWRENCE, MA- August 15, 2017: Richard Long, 43, shows off one of his bracelets outside of his recovery center on Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Richard has been clean for 2-years and lost his wife last year to a carfentanil and Klonopin overdose.

New Study Links Cancer Treatment to Dangerous Opioid Addiction

By Francesca Friday
The prescription medicine OxyContin is displayed August 21, 2001 at a Walgreens drugstore in Brookline, MA.

NJ Politics Digest: Porrino Sues Drug Company Over Opioid Crisis

By Christian Hetrick and Steve Cronin
N.J. Attorney General Chris Porrino

Porrino Sues Mahwah Over ‘Discriminatory’ Actions Toward Jews

By Christian Hetrick
Bob Menendez.

NJ Politics Digest: Witness Casts Doubt on Menendez ‘Threat’ Claim

By Christian Hetrick and Steve Cronin
President Trump and Gov. Chris Christie.

Christie Squabbles With Fellow Opioid Commission Member

By Christian Hetrick
Hillary Rodham Clinton

NJ Politics Digest: Clinton Raises Money for Murphy

By Christian Hetrick and Steve Cronin
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