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Bookmark or Share- Addressing Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Opioid Overdose ... - PubMedPurpose of review: This review synthetizes findings reflecting the increasing racial and ethnic inequities in opioid overdose mortality and emphasizes the necessity for tailored interventions as well as other policy-level and structural strategies to stem this trend. Recent findings: Factors contributing to inequities in overdose mortality include changes in drug supply, persistent social ...
- Opioid Crisis: No Easy Fix to Its Social and Economic DeterminantsThe roots of the opioid crisis are deeper than popular narrative suggests. 4,5 In 1980, acute pain was so frequently treated with opioids that propoxyphene was the second-most dispensed drug in the United States. 6 The Carter White House stated, “Diversion, misuse, and abuse of legal drugs may be involved in as many as seven out of ten ...
- In 2023, opioid settlement funds started being paid out. Here’s how it ...In 2023, state and local government received about $1.5 billion in settlement funds from more than a dozen companies that manufactured, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and were sued...
- Supreme Court tosses opioid settlement worth billions for states, victimsWASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Thursday upended a high-profile bankruptcy settlement with the company that made oxycontin, toppling an agreement that shielded the family responsible for the...
- Opioid settlement billions flow to states, as advocates worry about ...The opioid settlements have a built-in protection to address this concern. At least 85% of the money states receive must be spent on opioid-related expenses. But interpretations of qualifying...
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