Salon.com | After years of waiting, many opioid victims will be shut out of Purdue settlement by Craig R. McCoy, Bob Fernandez

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After years of waiting, the revised $7.4 billion Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement—meant to compensate roughly 140,000 opioid‑victims—will leave tens of thousands without any payment, as the plan slashes benefits, tightens eligibility, eliminates the affidavit option that let claimants prove opioid use without prescriptions, and drops payouts for many families to as low as $8,000; the changes, made behind closed doors after the Supreme Court rejected the original plan, have surprised claimants who missed shifting deadlines or cannot produce old medical records, effectively shutting out a large share of those who filed claims against Purdue and its owners, the Sackler family.

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After years of waiting, many opioid victims will be shut out of Purdue settlement - Salon.com

Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused.

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Ontario is closing its supervised consumption sites, calling them a failure. So what counts as ‘success?’ | The-14

Ontario ends supervised consumption sites, calling them failures. But what defines success? Experts say saving lives still proves their value.

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The Economics of Unaliving Your Customers

What’s up with companies unaliving their customers? How does that even work? If your customers are not alive, how can they buy anything from you?

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Streaming‑Tipp: Der Dokumentarfilm „Opioid-Krise in den USA – Das Geschäft mit der Sucht“ zeigt, wie Pharmafirmen, Beratungsfirmen und Kartelle hinter Hunderttausenden Toten stecken. Unveröffentlichte Quellen & brisante Erkenntnisse. ▶️ https://www.srf.ch/streaming-tipp-opioid-krise-in-den-usa-das-geschaeft-mit-der-sucht 💊🧾 #OpioidCrisis #Dokumentarfilm
Streaming-Tipp - Opioid-Krise in den USA – Das Geschäft mit der Sucht

An den Hunderttausenden Opioid-Toten in den USA sind auch Pharmaindustrie, Beratungsfirmen und Drogenkartelle beteiligt.

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Opioid Crisis Grew Inside America’s Legal System

Opioid Crisis in the United States spread through legal medicine, weak oversight, and profit incentives before fentanyl flooded illicit markets.

https://www.olamnews.com/health/3409/opioid-crisis-americas-legal-system/

Opioid Crisis Exposed Inside America’s Legal System

Opioid Crisis in America grew inside a legal medical system that prized sales, weak oversight, and delayed accountability for years.

https://www.olamnews.com/health/3404/opioid-crisis-america-legal-system/

Lac La Ronge Indian Band starts mobile addictions outreach program
Lac La Ronge Indian Band's Woodland Wellness Centre has received funding to start a mobile addictions outreach program to address the opioid and mental health crisis.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/la-ronge-llrib-mobile-outreach-9.7128238?cmp=rss

"It serves a political purpose to create the problem of open air drug use across Ontario, especially in an urban centre like Toronto. Conservatives can claim that "crime is everywhere!" and weaponize the public's fear — no matter that they created the problem. No matter that thousands will die."

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