Most of the money is to go to government entities to fight the opioid crisis, and thousands of victims will be paid.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's efforts to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids is on the verge of approval.

A federal bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday formally approved OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harms of opioids.

(WJET/WFXP) — Purdue Pharma asked a bankruptcy judge late Tuesday to consider the latest version of its plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller ...

Multiple states have reached a tentative new agreement with the Sackler family, who made billions of dollars marketing OxyContin, the drug that set off the U.S. opioid crisis. New York State Attorney ...

The woman had used oxycodone for almost a decade but told her doctors she had been sober for two years. She never touched narcotics during her pregnancy, she said, and had completed rehab. But her ...

If U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane abides, it will close a long chapter — and maybe the entire book — on a legal odyssey over ...

Kratom is often marketed as a natural remedy—but that doesn’t mean it’s safe. While some people use it for pain relief or to manage opioid withdrawal, medical experts at University of Utah Health warn ...

Michelle Jones was planning her suicide for a few months. At the root of her despair wasn't her divorce or the difficult relationship with her mother, with whom she now lived. It was that she could no ...