On Monday August 21, 2023, National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Arizona's Governor Katie Hobbs and Senator Kyrsten Sinema made statements acknowledging the national opioid crisis and highlighting state and federal initiatives to curb overdose and deaths.
As Sen. Sinema notes in her press release, in Arizona more than five people die each...Arizona News
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced the funding to 11 organizations across the state to help combat the opioid crisis and provide substance abuse prevention services.
The funds will go to programs that work to prevent opioid abuse and treat underlying mental health-related issues. More than 21,000 children and...National News
In addition to overturning Roe v. Wade and with it abortion access for millions of American women, the Supreme Court ended their term this year with a slew of other decisions that will carry new precedent for health industry legal cases going forward.
Last Friday, the high court announced an end to a years-long fight between the U.S....Arizona News
Chandler-based drug manufacturer Insys Therapeutics, infamous for the questionable marketing practices of its highly-addictive opioid fentanyl spray Subsys, announced plans to sell off assets to Wyoming-based BTcP Pharma and London-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals in a series of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
After...Arizona News
Just this month a former head of sales for Phoenix-based Insys Therapeutics Alec Burlakoff, testified in a Boston federal court recounting directions he followed for years including: recruiting and bribing doctors to increase sales for Subsys. Burlakoff is the second to testify on the highly-addictive drug, following former CEO Michael...Arizona News
On Jan. 17, Pima County and the City of Tucson filed lawsuits in Pima County Superior Court for the drugmakers' role in the opioid crisis. The municipal and county duo are the latest to sue the firms, including the Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics; more than 1,500 local and state governments have filed complaints against drug...
Tucson Medical Center (TMC) on Aug. 22 filed a suit against 25 different drug manufacturers and six distributors, accusing them of negligently creating the opioid crisis that is "devastating communities" across the nation.
TMC is the first hospital in Arizona to file, but it is not the first to file a lawsuit. Cochise County filed...
The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patient Communities Act received an overwhelming amount of support from representatives, passing in a 396-14 vote.
This legislation approved by the House on Friday will give various federal agencies the resources they need to combat...