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How Houstonians are helping those suffering from overdoses

  • Feb 21

Judge will approve opioid settlement with Purdue and Sackler family

  • Nov 14, 2025

FDA pushes for ban of potent Kratom derivative 7-OH amid risks

  • Jul 30, 2025

States agree to $7.4 billion opioid settlement

  • Jun 16, 2025

CVS filled 'excessive quantities of opioids,' 'trinity cocktails': DOJ

  • Dec 19, 2024

Use of opioid overdose antidote by laypersons soars, study finds

  • Oct 15, 2024

Supreme Court rejects opioid settlement that shielded Sackler family

  • Jun 27, 2024

Jamie Lee Curtis marks 25 years of being 'clean and sober'

  • Feb 7, 2024

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Latest Stories

Ad giant Publicis Health agrees to $350M settlement over claims it helped fuel opioid crisis

A unit of French advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA agreed Thursday to pay $350 million to settle claims it helped OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma fuel the opioid epidemic in the United States.

  • Feb 2, 2024

SCOTUS to scrutinize controversial opioid crisis settlement that would give Sackler family immunity

Purdue Pharma has said there will be no $6 billion opioid crisis settlement without releasing Sackler family members from liability

  • Dec 4, 2023

Suspended A&M professor denies saying Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick thinks kids who overdose 'deserve to die'

Opioids expert Joy Alonzo allegedly told students in a guest lecture that "Your Lt. Governor says those kids deserve to die." Alonzo denied the claims.

  • Aug 3, 2023

Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture

The professor, an expert on the opioids crisis, was placed on paid administrative leave and investigated, raising questions about the extent of political interference in higher education.

  • Jul 25, 2023
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Dog owner says pet ate opioid-tainted human feces at park

"Essentially, the doctor on that night told me this was relatively common and she sees it a few times a week," the dog's owner said.

  • May 30, 2023