(Juneau) – Friday morning, Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced legislation establishing two new state funds to combat opioid addiction in the state. This bill creates the Opioid Settlement Investment Fund (OSIF) and the Opioid Remediation Fund (ORF). To date, the State has secured around $53 million in settlements from opioid lawsuits and anticipates another $30 million […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department is suing one of the largest U.S. drug distributors for failing to report suspicious orders of prescription opioids, saying the company’s “years of repeated violations” contributed to the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic. In a civil lawsuit filed Thursday, the department alleges that AmerisourceBergen and two subsidiaries violated the Controlled Substances […]
Defendant prescribed ~4.5 million opioids with little to no medical justification causing addiction, suffering and deaths across Alaska. ANCHORAGE – A federal jury convicted an Eagle River nurse practitioner on 10 felony counts, including five counts of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, four counts of distribution and dispensing of a controlled substance […]
Walker: ‘Today, my thoughts are with those who have struggled with addiction or lost a loved one to opioids’ ANCHORAGE – The State of Alaska this week announced a settlement with pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids and played a role in perpetuating the public health crisis that harmed countless Alaskans. $26 billion will be distributed nationally […]