Oct 2, 2019 | Health & Gender
The Case The multiple lawsuits against arguably the biggest contributors to the opioid crisis, Purdue Pharma and the company’s founders the Sackler family, claim that both entities participated in massive false advertising. (Other companies targeted in the lawsuit...
Sep 15, 2019 | Health & Gender
The Case Amid cries to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for their role in the nation-wide opioid epidemic that killed 47,000 Americans in 2017 alone, an Oklahoma court has done just that. Judge Thad Balkman ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million,...
Mar 11, 2018 | Health & Gender
March 6, 2018 Summary On Thursday, March 1, 2018, the White House held an Opioid Epidemic Summit to discuss possible solutions for the current public health emergency. In true Trump fashion, there was much discussion of possible policy implementations, but little...
Aug 23, 2017 | Health & Gender
National Emergency Declaration Announced on August 10, 2017 Policy Summary On Thursday, August 10th at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, President Donald Trump announced the opioid crisis a national emergency. In addition to a symbolic gesture, this...