April 3, 2017



Who is to blame for the opioid epidemic?

Prescription drugs killed 183,000. Those who made and sold them owe America an explanation.



WASHINGTON POST


After six years and four investigations that spanned five states, the government has taken no legal action against Mallinckrodt, one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone. Instead, the company has reached a tentative settlement with prosecutors in a case that shows how difficult it is to hold a drugmaker responsible for the damage done by its product.