5 August 2022 Malaysia Marijuana, Opioid ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ Of Drug Decriminalisation, Says Yale Expert People jailed for drug abuse are 8x more likely to die the year after release than those with the same risk factors who weren't incarcerated, says Prof Dr Frederick Altice.
17 September 2019 World Purdue Pharma Files For Bankruptcy In US$10bil Settlement Of Opioid Lawsuits The firm has been accused of fuelling the opioid crisis from marketing OxyContin.
28 August 2019 World Johnson & Johnson Fined US$572 Million In Oklahoma Opioid Trial 18 million opioid prescriptions were written in Oklahoma that has a population of 3.9 million people.
18 July 2019 World Drug Makers Flooded US With 76 Billion Opioid Pills The volume of pain pills sold in the US rose from 8.4 billion in 2006 to 12.6 billion in 2012.
10 June 2019 Malaysia Nurul Izzah To Run New Opioid Addiction Treatment At Penang Mosques Naltrexone may cost almost RM6,000 per patient, including the cost of rehabilitation.