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Settlement approved TORONTO - An Ontario court judge has approved a class-action settlement awarding $18M in compensation to as many as 1,500 Canadians who got hooked on OxyContin after their doctors prescribed the drug. Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to pay $20M, including $2M to the provincial and territorial governments, to settle the long-standing class-action suit. (Globe & Mail) Attempt to settle Sham settlement Purdue Pharma OxyContin Conflict of interest lapse Review of guidelines ordered Drug industry conflict 2017 Canadian guidelines for Opioids New guidelines Legal action considered Fentanyl used as OxyContin replacement	Fentanyl W-18 U-47700 Carfentanil Patent sparked Canada's opioid crisis Where the tax money is going Canada's crisis part 1 Part 2 Fentanyl booming Drug Analysis Service Opioids prescriptions Not charged with murder? Courts too lenient Fentanyl overdose deaths Jan 2012-Feb 2017 .pdf Latest trends in ON opioid related deaths .pdf 2017 overdose deaths in BC at 488 Tainted drugs kill 16-year-old Overdoses Single day overdoses Outrun by criminal chemists 113 dead from overdoses in AB
FN bans outsiders Fentanyl in most drugs Provinces clamp down on OxyContin Year of overdoses Dying from fentanyl DTES cheque day Aim to control chemicals Health Canada regulates chemicals Opioid meeting Too toxic to touch Fentanyl tested as chemical weapons for decades Ordering from China is easy Chinese companies willing to export carfentanil Customs refusing to screen some packages Shipment from China seized	Back to the start Fentanyl patch forgeries fooling ON's pharmacists How heroin capital solved its overdose crisis From opium to fentanyl Pharmacy finds fentanyl in 90% of street drugs More babies born with opioid addiction Treatment to get patients off opioids Carfentanil in Van Dealer gets 14 years China listing opioids as controlled substances Fake pill ring Euthanasia in Canada Trafficking charges decline Spaces for drug users BC overdoses
Fentanyl scourge up close Hodgepodge RCMP reaches agreement with China Agreement with China How reliable is China as a partner Chronic pain sufferers struggle Police move to treat OD's as homicides 3 bodies found Coroner trying to catch up BC's fentanyl crisis BC death toll Opioids abuse spending Overdosing at remand centre Corrections trying to stop overdoses Latest plan	BC spending guesses Drug overdose deaths in BC .pdf BC medical premiums skyrocket to pay All opioids, not just fentanyl Huge profit margins Prevention kits Naloxone Stronger than fentanyl Carfentanil in AB Carfentanil found in Vancouver Doctors flagged Police find liquid fentanyl Killer high Spike in OD's Addiction over pain relief
Inmate access to clean needles draws debate Invented over 30 years ago Public health emergency Surge in fatal OD's W-18 questions W-18 seized in Edmonton Synthetic opiates ahead of drug laws Inside an epidemic Rise in fatalities BC drug overdoses Mounties need more cash Overdose deaths Addicts on reserve Vancouver OD's	488 for 2016 .pdf Drug Threat Assessment 2015 .pdf Fentanyl deaths bulletin .pdf New super drug warning MB task force Easier access to OD drug 4 deaths in NL this year Fentanyl kingpins Suspected fentanyl overdose Death of 31-year-old North Van man 2 SK deaths Sudden death 75 deaths in BC Growing danger
Record number of OD's Painkiller politics Little known replacement Pharmacists to get fentanyl off the streets Prescriptions for alternatives to OxyContin Fentanyl used as OxyContin replacement Fentanyl substitute for OxyContin which is a substitute for heroin When the prescription becomes the problem Perverse incentive Deaths climb New rules give drug maker a monopoly Opioids tied to deaths Opioids Drug abuse strategy	Fentanyl lab bust AB spike in fentanyl deaths Death linked to W-18 Fentanyl response is simple Call for 'antidote' Deadly problem 100+ deaths in AB in 2014 New opioid standards to tackle abuse Rave drugs 'Killer heroin' in Montreal Overdose rate 4 times average Dark side of remittance money OxyContin drug replacement OxyContin removed from market Marketing blamed
Opiate overdose deaths rising Getting to tomorrow CCSA No withdrawal strategy Cocktail of medications connected Fentanyl OxyContin Where's the outrage? Oxy ban a mixed blessing Study published Drugstore robbed of Oxycontin New restrictions is not enough Withdrawal warning National prescription abuse strategy Tide of opioid addiction	Oxy warning Ontario creates Oxy withdrawal plan Painkiller use rising Chronic pain sufferers face stigma OxyContin addiction on the rise Health plan funds killer drug Prescription drug abuse inquest Provinces clamp down on OxyContin Addictive meds smuggled in Selling of OxyContin Painkiller abuse reaches 'epidemic' level OxyContin maker sends phase-out notice Painkiller abuse Black market for meds difficult to stop Withdrawal warning

Healthcare fraud WASHINGTON - The US JoD announced charges against 412 people for taking part in healthcare frauds and opioid-related crimes that cost taxpayers about $1.3B. The arrests came as part of what the department said was the largest healthcare fraud takedown in US history. Those arrested included 120 doctors and other people charged for their roles in prescribing and distributing opioid painkillers. (Reuters) 412 charged DoJ press release Drug maker turned to Giuliani Rudolph W. Giuliani 1+in 10 experience chronic pain	Ohio overdoses Coroners likely undercounting 2016 Ohio population 11.6M 1 paragraph research Research 'letter' .pdf Suing Cherokee Nation McKesson Cardinal Health AmerisourceBergen CVS Walgreens Walmart Drug company lawsuits President's Commission on the opioid crisis Drug threat assessment FDA bans generic OxyContin Burden of opioid-related mortality


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