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Doctors prescribe more opioids to COVID-19 'long haulers,' raising addiction fears Liz Szabo © Provided by The LA Times OxyContin pills at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. Some researchers are concerned about high rates of opioid use among people with long COVID-19. (Toby Talbot / Associated Press) COVID-19 survivors are at risk from a possible second pandemic of opioid addiction, given the high rate of painkillers being prescribed to these patients, health experts say. A new study in Nature found alarmingly high rates of opioid use among COVID-19 survivors with lingering symp...

JCPS sues Purdue Pharma management group McKinsey over opioid epidemic's impact on kids Olivia Krauth, Louisville Courier Journal © Toby Talbot, AP This file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. The global business consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to a $573 million settlement over its role in the opioid crisis, Feb. 4, 2021. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky school districts are suing a management group that aided OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, arguing the opioid epidemic cost districts and hurt children.  The Jefferson...

Ex-North Shore pizza shop owner scammed COVID fund to buy alpaca farm, feds say © AP Photo/Toby Talbot alpacas A former North Shore resident is accused of defrauding a federal COVID-19 relief program of hundreds of thousands of dollars, some of which he used to purchase an alpaca farm, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Dana L. McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, and previously of Beverly and Essex, Massachusetts, was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. McIntyre will make a virtual initial appearance in federal court in Bosto...

Ex-North Shore pizza shop owner scammed COVID fund to buy alpaca farm, feds say © AP Photo/Toby Talbot alpacas A former North Shore resident is accused of defrauding a federal COVID-19 relief program of hundreds of thousands of dollars, some of which he used to purchase an alpaca farm, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Dana L. McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, and previously of Beverly and Essex, Massachusetts, was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. McIntyre will make a virtual initial appearance in federal court in Bosto...

Credit: (AP Photo/Toby Talbot) File photo The Murphy administration’s draft plan to revamp the way solar projects are funded in New Jersey needs to be modified to avoid unnecessarily large rate increases for ratepayers, according to the state Division of Rate Counsel. Rate Counsel Director Stefanie Brand urged the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on Friday to focus and place a stronger emphasis on minimizing the rate impact through the still-developing solar successor program. The proposal is the latest aimed at advancing Gov. Phil Murphy’s clean-energy goals, a policy running into in...