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January 20, 2021

opioid

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NC joins whistleblower case against Insys over alleged opiod kickbacks

May 16, 2018 Donna King

RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Justice joined in whistleblower litigation led by the U.S. Department of Justice accusing Insys Therapeutics of trying to generate more profit by paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe powerful […]

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Less than 2 percent of patients return unused opioids for proper disposal

March 28, 2018 NSJ Staff

Concord — On Tuesday, Serenity House in Concord outside of Charlotte opened its doors to policymakers to discuss ways to tackle opioid addiction.  In a roundtable with local leaders, Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-08) heard from […]

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Billionaire Insys founder charged in opioid bribe case

October 26, 2017 Donna King

BOSTON, MA – The billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc was arrested on Thursday on charges that he participated in a scheme with other executives to bribe doctors to prescribe a fentanyl-based cancer pain drug […]

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Buncombe County police take down an opioid trafficking ring in nursing homes

October 26, 2017 Donna King

ASHEVILLE — Nineteen health care workers have been charged in Buncombe County with a total of 61 felonies, including trafficking $72,000 in opium or heroin. The arrests come after a six-month anti-opioid abuse project called […]

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Surgery without opioids

September 27, 2017 Mollie Young

DURHAM — As the opioid drug crisis escalates in North Carolina and state and national leaders across the nation scramble to combat the growing epidemic, anesthesiologists at Duke University and other leading health institutes are […]

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RTI International studying effects of supervised injection sites for drug users

August 11, 2017 Mollie Young

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK (Reuters Health) — While policymakers continue to block supervised injection sites in the U.S., a anonymous nonprofit secretly opened an unlicensed five-booth facility in an undisclosed location where visitors shoot up heroin […]

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