Category Archives: In the News

“60 Minutes” segment features FED UP! Coalition Executive Committee Chairperson Emily Walden and Executive Committee Member Dr. Andrew Kolodny. Doctors, distributors, drug lobbyists, the FDA — who is responsible for the scourge of opioid addictions? “60 Minutes” has spent two years investigating, including the fourth report in the series that aired Sunday, February 24, 2019.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/opioid-epidemic-did-the-fda-ignite-the-crisis-60-minutes/

Family behind OxyContin accused of marketing the drug knowing it’s addictive

Record bust in NE finds enough fentanyl to kill an ~26 million people – CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/health/nebraska-fentanyl-bust/index.html?ofs=fbia

CNN – 5.25.2018

Walmart won’t provide more than 7 days worth of opioids for some prescriptions – USA Today

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/05/07/walmart-wont-provide-more-than-7-days-worth-opioids/586130002/

USA Today – 5.7.2018

How A 25-Year-Old Drug For Nerve Pain Called Gabapentin Showed Up In Opioid Overdoses – Tech Times

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/226988/20180505/how-a-25-year-old-drug-for-nerve-pain-called-gabapentin-showed-up-in-opioid-overdoses.htm

Tech Times – 5.5.2018

Doctor sentenced to 5 years for oxycodone distribution in KY

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/crime-and-courts/2018/04/27/anderson-twp-doctor-sentenced-5-years-oxycodone-distribution-ky/557387002/

The Enquirer (Cincinatti) – 4.27.2018

Woman loses 2 sons in 1 night to opioids – CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/health/turning-points-becky-savage-opioids/index.html?no-st=1524423148

CNN – 4.23.2018

France cut heroin overdoses by 79% in 4 years – The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/04/how-france-reduced-heroin-overdoses-by-79-in-four-years/558023/?utm_source=atlfb

The Atlantic – 4.16.2018

Mark Zuckerberg takes heat over illegal opioid sales on Facebook – CNN

https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/11/technology/mark-zuckerberg-questioned-over-facebook-opioid-sales/index.html

CNN – 4.11.2018

Doctors and Pharmacists Targeted in DEA Surge

https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/4/2/doctors-and-pharmacists-arrested-in-dea-surge

Pain News Network – 4.2.2018