Opioid settlements with companies like Purdue Pharma, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson have led to headline-grabbing multibillion-dollar payouts. But most of the windfall is flowing to state and local governments, not directly to victims of the crisis.
A London-area pharmacist has been slapped with a three-month suspension over his dispensing of an emergency overdose prevention drug
Taymoor Pasha’s massive fentanyl stash – the largest fentanyl seizure in London history – has given the local courts a chance to draw a line in the sand in the ongoing war against opioids. “Put large-scale traffickers on notice to say traffic if you dare and risk decades of your life,” federal drug prosecutor Vince […]
These are examples of cases that have become way too common in the local courts. A 31-year-old man was acquitted Wednesday in a London courtroom after a trial on a charge of pointing a handgun at another man during an argument along the Richmond Row bar strip, largely because the evidence from witnesses at the […]
Interlochen Public Radio
In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by companies accused of fueling the overdose crisis. But where is that money going, who is getting it, and is it doing any good?
Interlochen Public Radio
Each Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on in northern Michigan, and what IPR is working on this week.
Interlochen Public Radio
In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by companies accused of fueling the overdose crisis. But where is that money going, who is getting it, and is it doing any good?
Two men from South Huron are charged after police seized almost $4,000 worth of illegal drugs and an imitation firearm.
The jump in opioid pills hitting London’s streets started when several pharmacies began dispensing them, the health unit says, a finding that suggests federal Conservatives and other critics targeting the older Safer Opioid Supply (SOS) program are missing the mark. “There was a notable increase in hydromorphone prescribing from 2023
A Sarnia woman in jail facing charges linked to two separate drug busts from earlier this year is now facing an additional charge after Sarnia police found more than $132,000 in cash in a storage locker.
London Free Press
On Feb. 6, the alarming news rippled across social media. Outside a church in downtown Belleville, emergency officials had responded to 13 overdose incidents in less than an hour. Police asked the public to "avoid unnecessary travel to the downtown core" and give emergency personnel space to do their jobs.
London Free Press
A public meeting Tuesday about a proposed supervised drug-use site in Woodstock attracted a crowd that packed the council chamber at city hall and spilled over into a hall and adjoining room. Read More