Ryan Holets, a police officer from Albuquerque responded to a call for a possible theft at a convenience store. It seemed like a usual assignment that he will clear from the call log quickly. But, it wasn’t like that. When he left the store, he noticed that there was a […]
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Oxycontin Manufacturer Files for Bankruptcy to Cease Lawsuits from Opioid Crisis
Purdue Pharma is the drug company which makes the quite controversial pain medication known as Oxycontin. They filed for bankruptcy protection which will help them to temporarily stop the thousands of lawsuits coming in with alleged claims that the company made billions of dollars while contributing to the opioid crisis […]
This Doctor Will Spend 40 Years in Prison because of Illegal Opioid Prescription of 500,000 Doses
Last Wednesday, former doctor Joel Smithers who ran a medical practice in Virginia was sentenced to 40 years in prison due to illegal opioid prescription. He faces a minimum sentence of two decades and a maximum of life. He was convicted on more than 800 counts of illegal distribution of […]