Amador County files suit against drugmakers amid opioid epidemic
https://www.kcra.com/article/amador-county-files-suit-against-drugmakers-amid-opioid-epidemic/22816748
Mom organizes grass roots march at Purdue Pharma’s headquarters in Connecticut
http://www.telegram.com/news/20180816/marlboro-mom-organizing-march-friday-at-purdue-pharma-hq-in-connecticut
Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/health/purdue-opioids-oxycontin.html
Massachusetts AG Healey Sues Purdue Pharma, Its Board Members and Executives for Illegally Marketing Opioids and Profiting From Opioid Epidemic
More than 670 Massachusetts Residents Prescribed Purdue Opioids Died from Opioid-Related Overdoses since 2009 https://www.mass.gov/news/ag-healey-sues-purdue-pharma-its-board-members-and-executives-for-illegally-marketing-opioids
Shenandoah County joins growing list of Virginia localities suing opioid companies
http://www.whsv.com/content/news/Shenandoah-County-joins-growing-list-of-Virginia-localities-suing-opioid-companies-491988741.html?ref=741
B.C. government launches lawsuit against opioid manufacturers to recoup overdose crisis costs
https://globalnews.ca/news/4416375/b-c-government-lawsuit-opioid-manufacturers/
Opioid crisis impact on MetroHealth leads to lawsuit against drug makers, marketers
https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2018/08/opioid_crisis_impact_on_metroh.html
CMS Initiative to Create Pediatric APMs to Address Opioid Crisis
August 23, 2018 - A new CMS Innovation Center initiative will call on local stakeholders and Medicaid agencies to develop alternative payment models that address the impact of the opioid crisis for children https://revcycleintelligence.com/news/cms-initiative-to-create-pediatric-apms-to-address-opioid-crisis
My Turn: Patrick J. Kennedy: Marijuana is the wrong answer to children’s stress
What is our government doing? Are we heading in the right directions with policies or are lack of effective policies and the will to implement them harming our children? http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/20180517/my-turn-patrick-j-kennedy-marijuana-is-wrong-answer-to-childrens-stress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tITiHiiMdCg
‘Invisible epidemic’? Report finds opioid crisis hitting older adults too
Accidental opioid toxicity that occurred as a result of treatment with prescribed opioids, such as morphine, hydromorphone and the fentanyl patch, accounted for a quarter of poisonings among older Canadians https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/invisible-epidemic-report-finds-opioid-crisis-hitting-older-adults-too-1.4072925