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Legal & Legislative Updates

• Over 600 Lawsuits Against Opioid Companies Become One Federal Court Case

  (June 22, 2018)

  (Summer 2018) U.S. District Judge Dan Polster is in charge of a massive court case consisting of over 600 lawsuits lodged by various government entities. When combined, the suits are […]

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• D.C. Scrutinizes Culpability of Drug Manufacturers, Distributors in Opioid Epidemic

  (June 22, 2018)

  (Summer 2018) Early this year the Justice Department created a task force to investigate the extent to which drug makers and distributors played a part in the opioid crisis. Meanwhile, […]

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• States Eye Opioid Tax to Help Fund Addiction Treatment

  (June 22, 2018)

  (Summer 2018) Legislators throughout the nation are trying to increase budgets for opioid abuse treatment and prevention. Measures in 15 or more states seek to levy fees or taxes on […]

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• American Opioid Plague Steals $1 Trillion — Where are the Funds to Fight this Crisis?

  (June 22, 2018)

  (Summer 2018) The U.S. opioid epidemic drained over $1 trillion from the American economy between 2001 and 2017, said nonprofit health research group Altarum. The organization estimated that the growing […]

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• Marijuana: Rising Positives, Research Possibilities

  (June 22, 2018)

  (Summer 2018) As with cocaine and meth rates, the Quest Diagnostic Drug Testing Index™ found positive tests for marijuana on a five-year climb in both the general workforce and the […]

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