Sentences with phrase «opioid crisis came»

A House committee trying to understand how the opioid crisis came to be and what to do next has set a May 8 hearing for drug distributors to explain their role.

The sheriff and treasurer of McDowell County, W.Va., was watching the local news when a report about the deepening opioid crisis came on.

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The incident is a case study in how companies in the pharmaceutical supply chain have come under fire for their alleged role in the country's opioid crisis and of the questions that have been raised about the responsibility of middleman companies that distribute prescription painkillers.

Kapoor's arrest comes a day after President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency and nearly a year after former Insys CEO Michael Babich and five other onetime executives were arrested as part of an alleged «nationwide conspiracy.»

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to Western New York on Thursday to discuss new measures to fight the opioid crisis, but he spent most of the first 10 minutes of his press conference talking about the president's federal tax plan.

With three legislative session days remaining, legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have reportedly come to a tentative agreement on how to address the state's heroin and opioid crisis.

ALBANY — With three legislative session days remaining, legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have come to a tentative agreement on how to address the state's heroin and opioid crisis, according to several people familiar with the planning.

«Big pharma keeps coming up with excuses to skirt responsibility for the opioid crisis that they created,» said budget spokesman Morris Peters.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to Western New York on Thursday to discuss new measures to fight the opioid crisis, but he spent most of the first 10 minutes of his press conference talking about the president's federal tax plan.

Experts have questioned how officials will be able to measure the effectiveness of an emergency for the opioid crisis and how they will know when to declare it over, given that the opioid epidemic is expected to remain a public health crisis for years to come.

Managing the opioid crisis is a balancing act requiring trade - offs when it comes to restricting the lawful opioid supply, influencing prescriber practices, cutting demand and reducing harm, the committee members wrote.

In addition, some of the funds noted above as required will come out of this bill, such as money to address college cost and the opioid crisis.

As the opioid crisis spins out of control in Ohio, local courts and mental health agencies came together at the State Library of Ohio to train criminal justice professionals on how to safely incorporate medication assisted treatment in drug courts.