by Monty Self | Aug 27, 2021 | Opinion
There were more than 70,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2019. This number has steadily been rising since the 1990’s, fueled by the opioid crisis of the last two decades. Opioid-related deaths have increased from 21,088 in 2010 to 49,860 in 2019. Specifically,...
by Michael Chancellor | Apr 23, 2021 | Opinion
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 24. While Take Back Day is focused on clearing out opioids from the home that are no longer needed or expired, the annual observance is also an opportunity to clean out other...
by Monty Self | Oct 26, 2020 | Opinion
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Oct. 21 it had reached an $8 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. Purdue Pharma has been at the center of the nation’s opioid crisis for decades. The company pleaded guilty to paying doctors to...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 10, 2019 | News
More than two-thirds (67.8 percent) of all drug-related overdose deaths in 2017 involved opioids, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released Dec. 21. Illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF) – a synthetic opioid used for pain that the...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 9, 2018 | News
Two-thirds of the 63,632 drug-related deaths in the U.S. in 2016 were tied to opioids, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Released on March 29, the report analyzed data on the death rates for opioid overdoses from 31 states and...
