Opioids

US overdose deaths hit record number amid pandemic
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US & Canada
Posted
14 July 2021
The epidemic within the pandemic. Video, 00:04:28
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US & Canada
Posted
13 July 2021
Purdue signs deal with 15 states on opioid payout
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Business
Posted
8 July 2021
Drugs giant to pay $230m to settle opioid claim
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Business
Posted
27 June 2021
Death On The I-95. Video, 57 minutes
Returning to the US to find out what happened to the people met along the notorious I-95.
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BBC Three
Available for 7 months
Addicted: America’s Opioid Crisis. Video, 29 minutes
A compelling insight into the growth of America’s devastating relationship with opioids.
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BBC Three
Available for 5 months
Drug antidote spray already saving lives in Wales
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Wales
Posted
8 May 2021
Give prisoners cannabis, says police boss
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Wales
Posted
27 February 2021
McKinsey agrees $573m opioid settlement in US
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Business
Posted
4 February 2021
US sues Walmart for alleged role in opioid crisis
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Business
Posted
23 December 2020
Police to carry emergency drug overdose spray
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Scotland
Posted
17 November 2020
Purdue pleads guilty in $8bn opioid settlement
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Business
Posted
21 October 2020
The other public health crisis killing Canadians
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US & Canada
Posted
2 September 2020
Antidepressants not ibuprofen for chronic pain
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Health
Posted
4 August 2020
Medical cannabis access eased amid lockdown
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Health
Posted
29 April 2020
Plans for first US 'safe injection site' derailed
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US & Canada
Posted
28 February 2020
Painkillers 'mask, not kill' long-term pain
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Health
Posted
21 February 2020
US life expectancy rises for first time in years
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US & Canada
Posted
30 January 2020
Why are opioids still given for chronic pain?
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Health
Posted
16 January 2020
Fentanyl deaths on rise in UK, drug report warns
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UK
Posted
4 January 2020
Sacklers withdrew $10bn from Purdue, audit shows
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US & Canada
Posted
17 December 2019
Teens 'naive' to dangers of prescription opiates
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Kent
Posted
19 November 2019
Brain implants used to fight drug addiction in US
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Technology
Posted
8 November 2019
Opioid crisis to come under the spotlight
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Tees
Posted
31 October 2019