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This crisis. This Opioid Crisis that has taken hold starting in Rural America and you do such a great job of telling the story maybe i could begin by asking you why the title dope sick. What is dope sick mean . Its kind of an inyourface title. We need a reality check on how bad this issue is gotten. I think a lot of our leaders and a lot of people in our country still dont have. Dope sick is the word that her number number from users. It is the word they use to describe the very painful withdrawal when they cant get the opioids that they are now addicted to. Its like the worst flu times a hund...

The Opioid Crisis. It came with little warning, killing without regard to g geograph geographic, economic, or racial lines. Unlike the coronavirus, this epidemic was manmade, driven by relentless pursuit of profits. When you see huge amounts going to specific pharmacies, doesnt that raise a red flag . They had to know of all the bad things that were going on with it, and yet they didnt care. The Opioid Epidemic has claimed more american lives than all the wars since world war ii combined. And since the covid pandemic hit, its only gotten worse. Its made a few people rich. Theres your money. Aa...

The Supreme Court is currently hearing oral arguments in a landmark bankruptcy case involving Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin.

On Monday, the Supreme Court will take on one of its highest-profile bankruptcy cases in recent memory: Whether or not to approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s controversial agreement that would give billions of dollars to victims of the opioid epidemic while protecting members of the Sackler family, who owned the company, from current and future opioid-related civil lawsuits.

Purdue Pharma has said there will be no $6 billion opioid crisis settlement without releasing Sackler family members from liability