Opioids

Companies at the center of the deadly prescription opioid epidemic are close to deals that would cap their liability while funding drug treatment and recovery programs.

Journalist and author Sam Quinones explores the human toll in his new book, “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth.

Journalist and author Sam Quinones explores the human toll in his new book, “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth.

The country's biggest name-brand pharmacy chains face a high-profile civil trial beginning Monday in Cleveland, Ohio over their role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said more cities or entities must sign on for it to work.

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners will vote Thursday on an ordinance to approve the county's portion in the National Opioid Settlement.

Community leaders around Ohio are weighing whether to sign on to the $26 billion opioid settlement with three drug distributors and a manufacturer. They’re going over the specifics as they consider their final decisions, which could bring big money but some fear could also be costly.

Ohio is one of several states that will share $26 billion dollars as part of a national opioid abuse settlement.

Nearly half of all U.S. states want a share of a lawsuit settlement with Purdue Pharma to pay for programs to address record overdose deaths and a worsening opioid crisis during the pandemic. We take a look at the impact of the pandemic on addiction treatment and where the recovery community heads from here.

A series of pharmacy chains argued in federal court that doctors and other health care practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility…