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The lawsuit filed by the state of Oklahoma against Purdue Pharma was the first significant step in prompting public action toward ending the opioid epidemic. [42] The state of Oklahoma argued that Purdue Pharma helped start the opioid epidemic because of assertive marketing and deceptive claims on the dangers of addiction. [43]
This is a list of notable corporations headquartered, current and historically, in New York City, New York. The table is arranged alphabetically by company, but can also be sorted by industry. The table is arranged alphabetically by company, but can also be sorted by industry.
This is a list of opioids, opioid antagonists and inverse agonists. Opium and poppy straw derivatives ... Active opiate metabolites Codeine-N-oxide: Heroin-7,8-oxide:
Phoenix House, another giant in the treatment world, started out in the 1960s following the Synanon model. The New York City-based operation had previously used buprenorphine only sporadically for detoxing its opioid-addicted residents. Now, it is dramatically increasing the use of buprenorphine in its more than 120 programs in multiple states.
New York sued several large e-cigarette manufacturers, distributors and retailers on Thursday, saying they fueled a youth vaping epidemic by selling products with cartoonish packaging and flavors ...
As of 2015, an estimated 17 million people use opiates, of which heroin is the most common, [14] [15] and opioid use resulted in 122,000 deaths; [16] also, as of 2015, the total number of heroin users worldwide is believed to have increased in Africa, the Americas, and Asia since 2000. [17]
It will be sold under the brand name Journavx. The FDA on Thursday approved a new class of pain medication that provides an alternative to opioids. It will be sold under the brand name Journavx.
A Suffolk County Bloods gang leader was arraigned on charges of selling drugs that killed the mother of a young child and “caused serious bodily injury” to three others, federal officials ...