Oxycontin

News

OxyContin maker settles with Oklahoma for $270M over role in opioid crisis

03.26.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

The billionaire family behind OxyContin is finally having its moment of reckoning

03.22.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

What happens to 2,000 lawsuits against OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma if the company files for bankruptcy

03.12.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

OxyContin makers kept pushing and profiting as addiction rates soared, new allegations say

02.01.19

By Emma Ockerman
Drugs

The Dangers of Marketing Addictive Drugs

01.30.19

By VICE Staff
Health

Addictive Drugs Should Not be Marketed, Period

01.18.19

By Maia Szalavitz
News

Florida is suing CVS and Walgreens for allegedly adding to the opioid crisis

11.20.18

By Miranda Levingston
Entertainment

Artists Are Occupying Museums to Protest Big Pharma

10.24.18

By Dyllan Furness
Health

A New Book Chronicles How Pharma and Doctors Jumpstarted the Opioid Epidemic

08.17.18

By Eric Allen Been
News

Purdue Pharma, company behind OxyContin, just laid off its entire sales team

06.20.18

By Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani
Health

What ‘13 Reasons Why’ Gets Right About Heroin Addiction

05.21.18

By Zachary Siegel
Music

An Opioid Popularized by a Nazi Doctor Is Ravaging Africa

05.18.18

By Ben Westhoff

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Gaming

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Gaming

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Music

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Life

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