Nice Jewish kids struggle with addiction, too. It’s past time for a Jewish solution
Addiction and the stigma that goes with it has been a silent but deadly presence in our communities
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News 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021. How should Jewish communities respond?
Overdose deaths rose 15 percent between 2020 and 2021, according to recently released federal data.
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Fast Forward The Sacklers just lost their protection from opioid lawsuits
A federal judge on Thursday overturned Purdue Pharma’s $4.5 billion opioid settlement, which had shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from future lawsuits related to the epidemic. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in New York wrote in a 142-page opinion that the settlement that granted immunity to the Sacklers was “inconsistent”…
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Opinion A rabbi helped me understand the stigma addiction carries. ‘Dopesick’ makes his lessons even more essential
Waves of agony repeatedly knocked the breath out of me, as pressure built behind my eyes, producing visual auras that blurred my sight and made me nauseous. The pain was so unique, so all-encompassing, that I lost all rational capabilities, screaming and kicking as if possessed. My first such debilitating experience occurred when I was…
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Opinion New Hulu series ‘Dopesick’ reveals the evils of the Sackler family, but hides the real fight
I’ve lost too many people to opioids to be surprised by anything I saw in “Dopesick.” The eight episode miniseries by Hulu, premiering Oct. 13, dramatizes the criminally deceptive marketing behind OxyContin, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family and what led to a substance abuse crisis affecting millions of Americans. It is loosely based on…
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News Here’s The Connection Between Israel’s Biggest Company And The Opioid Epidemic
The chief executive of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries — Israel’s largest company — has been summoned to the U.S. to make a deal in the massive opioid litigation. Teva is one of several pharmaceutical giants defending lawsuits over their involvement in the opioid epidemic, which has taken on global proportions and kills, on average, 130 Americans…
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Fast Forward Sackler Family Fortune Protected Under Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan
Purdue Pharma has a bankruptcy plan that may ensure the Sackler family keeps their fortune. Purdue, maker of the painkiller OxyContin, filed for Chapter 11 as it began the process of the settling several lawsuits, The Washington Post reported. The company asked the judge on Wednesday to temporarily pause the lawsuits racking up against the…
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Fast Forward Sackler Family-Owned Purdue Pharma Files For Bankruptcy
(JTA) — The Sackler family-owned Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy as part of a tentative $12 billion settlement with dozens of state and local governments that filed lawsuits accusing the company of fueling and profiting from the opioid epidemic. The company’s board met Sunday evening to approve the move, Reuters reported, and the bankruptcy was…
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