Law & Courts It's money v. principle in Supreme Court opioid case The justices struggled to decide whether to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to the multi-billion dollar Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal--a deal meant to compensate victims of OxyContin. Nina Totenberg
Washington attorney general announces $476M settlement with opioid distributors Three major opioid distributors will pay the state of Washington and local communities $476 million to end an ongoing lawsuit. The agreement announced Tuesday comes after the state attorney general rejected a previous settlement offer last summer. Austin Jenkins
National States Are Near A $26 Billion Opioid Settlement With Drug Distributors Four big drug companies would pay out $26 billion to dozens of states over the next 17 years. Brian Mann
National Trump Administration Will Let More Doctors Prescribe Drug To Fight Opioid Addiction The change means that doctors will no longer need a special federal waiver in order to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication to treat opioid use disorder. Jaclyn Diaz Brian Mann
National Purdue Pharma Reaches $8B Opioid Deal With Justice Department Over Oxycontin Sales Critics say the settlement doesn't hold company executives or members of the Sackler family accountable for their aggressive marketing of Oxycontin which helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic. Brian Mann
National Doctors And Dentists Still Flooding U.S. With Opioid Prescriptions Forty Americans die every day from overdoses linked to prescription opioids, but researchers say many doctors and dentists still have a "prescribe and forget" attitude toward the medications. Brian Mann
National Oklahoma Judge Shaves $107 Million Off Opioid Decision Against Johnson & Johnson The new number from Judge Thad Balkman comes nearly three months after he ordered the drugmaker to pay $572 million for its role in the opioid crisis. Both sides had questioned that sum. Colin Dwyer Jackie Fortier
Health The Opium Cycle There is a pattern that has repeated itself throughout the history of the opium trade. Darian Woods
National At This Camp, Children Of Opioid Addicts Learn To Cope And Laugh Camp Mariposa in Dayton, Ohio, is designed just for them. The program lets these children share their experiences, learn coping strategies and, most importantly, get to be kids. Kavitha Cardoza
National In Opioid Settlement, Johnson & Johnson Agrees To Pay Ohio Counties $20 Million The agreement removes the drugmaker from the list of defendants in an upcoming federal opioid trial and follows an August settlement in Oklahoma in which it agreed to pay $572 million. Scott Neuman
