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#opioid — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. #GiftArticle on #SCOTUS’ ruling on #PurduePharma #opioid case

    The #SupremeCourt blocked a controversial proposed Purdue #Pharma bankruptcy plan that would have provided billions to help address the nation’s #OpioidCrisis in exchange for protecting the #Sackler family from future lawsuits.
    
The closely watched fight involving the maker of #OxyContin is part of a national reckoning over the role of #drugmakers & others in the #PublicHealth opioid #addiction crisis.

    #law
    wapo.st/3VLn8UX

  2. From 2019 to 2021, premature deaths due to opioid overdoses doubled across Canada and accounted for one in four deaths among people aged 20 to 39

    “That, to me, is staggering. Think about the degree to which these accidental deaths, these preventable deaths, are shortening people’s lives,” said Tara Gomes, a scientist at Unity Health Toronto and senior author of the study

    #paywall

    thestar.com/news/canada/opioid

    #drugs #DrugDeaths #opioid #overdose #prevention #health #cdnpoli #bcpoli

  3. British Columbia Moves Ahead with a National Opioid Damages Lawsuit

    Purdue Pharma has settled for $150 million. The province’s attorney general says ‘dozens’ more companies are named in the class action

    thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/28/BC-

    #opioid #DrugDeaths #PoisonedDrugs #lawsuit #settlement