Opioid Crisis

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Kids return to school after a fentanyl death brought the opioid crisis to their doors.
June 5, 2023
The opioid crisis is hurting Black communities, and it doesn't look anything like the stereotype you often see of fentanyl…
February 22, 2023
The federal government is planning to allow states to use Medicaid funds to provide drugs to combat addiction and other…
June 26, 2021
The company also agreed to stop manufacturing and distribution of opioids in the U.S., New York Attorney General Letitia James…
June 15, 2021
Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) are introducing sweeping legislation to decriminalize drug use.
March 24, 2021
After the autopsy report revealed the cause of Bobby Brown Jr.'s death, Bobby Brown is calling for opioid suppliers to…
February 4, 2021
Consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly $600 million for its role in advising businesses on prescription opioid…
Purdue thegrio.com
October 21, 2020
Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, will plead guilty to three criminal charges as part of a settlement of…
December 11, 2019
In the wake of Juice WRLD’s death, there needs to be a conversation about Black opioid addiction because we’ve already…
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February 12, 2019
"[R]acism within the health care system has led to increased addiction and overdoses in low-income white areas," the study’s lead…
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December 16, 2018
A Tennessee doctor faces a decades-long prison sentence after being charged in connection with “a massive opioid distribution and healthcare fraud
December 6, 2018
After conducting a wide-ranging and devastating fraud scheme, six Michigan doctors were indicted Thursday for their involvement in driving the…
Prince thegrio.com
April 24, 2018
The family of the late singer Prince is pressing for answers into his sudden death and now, they have filed a lawsuit…
Opioid
April 2, 2018
Philadelphia’s top cop says that more African-Americans are dying as a result of opioid  overdoes than they are of homicides…
March 27, 2018
[griojw id=”us7yNgfP” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] The autopsy report for legendary singer Prince determined that an ‘exceedingly high’ level of the opioid fentanyl
Donald Trump thegrio.com
March 19, 2018
President Trump believes that executing drug dealers will somehow solve the opiate crisis, so he has proposed imposing the death…
Donald Trump thegrio.com
March 16, 2018
[griojw id=”gNIYJXLR” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Donald Trump campaigned heavily on a promise to deal with America’s devastating opioid crisis, and now, he’s