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The Role Of American Pharmaceutical Companies In The Emerging Indian Opioid Crisis

Jena Hilliard ❘ September 15, 2019

Facing multiple lawsuits and a government crack-down back home in the U.S., American pharmaceutical companies target the burgeoning opioid market in India.

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Drug Dealer Charged In Connection With Death Of Mac Miller

Jena Hilliard ❘ September 10, 2019

Prosecutors have charged drug dealer Cameron James Pettit in connection with the overdose of rapper Mac Miller by supplying counterfiet Oxycodone pills.

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Man Accused Of Murdering Wife With Heroin-Laced Cereal

Jena Hilliard ❘ September 5, 2019

A Michigan man has been charged with murder by putting a fatal dose of heroin into his wife's cereal nearly 5 years after her death.

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One Third Of Philadelphians Know Someone Killed By Opioid Abuse

Michael Muldoon ❘ August 26, 2019

Nearly 30% of Philadelphians know someone who has died as a result of opioid use and the issue isn't going away. What can be done?

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Meth Overdoses And Seizures On The Rise

Krystina Murray ❘ August 21, 2019

The number of meth overdoses and seizures are on the rise across the country, as the rates of meth use skyrocket in many areas.

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Drug Deaths Higher In Urban Areas For The First Time In A Decade

Jena Hilliard ❘ August 16, 2019

According to the CDC, U.S. drug overdose deaths are now higher in urban areas than rural regions for the first time in almost a decade.

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Tragedy Strikes: Saoirse Kennedy Hill’s Suspected Overdose Death

Jena Hilliard ❘ August 15, 2019

Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Senator R. F. Kennedy, was found dead of an apparent drug overdose in Cape Cod on August 1st of 2019.

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DEA Database Shows Generic Drug Manufacturers Contributed Most To The Opioid Epidemic

Nathan Yerby ❘ August 14, 2019

A newly-released database from the DEA proves that lesser-known, generic pharmaceutical companies are largely responsible for the Opioid Epidemic.

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Fatal Drug Overdoses Decline For The First Time In Thirty Years

Nathan Yerby ❘ August 13, 2019

According to new data from the CDC, fewer Americans suffered a fatal drug overdose in 2018 than in 2017, the first decline in three decades.

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