(Natural News) California certainly has its faults. But when it comes to putting up a fight against Big Pharma and its drug dispensaries, the Golden State is often the leader of the pack. This was demonstrated once again with a recent court ruling out of San Francisco declaring the Walgreens pharmacy chain as a substantial […]

(Natural News) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into retail giant Walmart to determine whether or not it filled prescriptions improperly and failed to report suspicious prescriptions for opioid drugs. According to Paxton, he filed a Civil Investigative Demand that requires extensive documentation from the company, including records going back to 2006, […]

(Natural News) A recently released trove of documents revealed that companies manufacturing opioids paid doctors to push these addictive drugs to patients. The Big Pharma firms incentivizing doctors for pushing the dangerous medicine had been concurrently happening with efforts to deflect media scrutiny on opioids. The public release of the documents was the product of a 2021 collaboration […]

(Natural News) Big Pharma Johnson & Johnson and three of the country’s biggest drug wholesalers have agreed to a $589 million settlement with hundreds of Native American tribes who accused the companies of contributing to their opioid crises. According to The Epoch Times, the three big pharma distributors — Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen Corp., and McKesson Corp. […]

(Natural News) Big Pharma giant Johnson & Johnson paid out a settlement amounting to almost $100 million to the state of West Virginia for its role in the opioid crisis. J&J shelled out $99 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Mountain State over its role in fueling the opioid addiction epidemic there. However, […]

(Natural News) Author and physician Dr. John Abramson branded the opioid crisis as one of the biggest disgraces the pharmaceutical industry has ever known. During a recent episode of the podcast “Under the Skin” hosted by comedian and political commentator Russell Brand, Abramson said the opioid crisis happened because pharmaceutical companies lied about the addictiveness of their drugs […]

(Natural News) (Op-ed) Welcome to 2022, and it really hasn’t been so long since the opioid epidemic was “uncovered” by truth news, proving that everything “science” isn’t always good for your health, humanity, the Earth and basic survival. Take an overhead look and it’s plain as day to see. Two engineered crises. One based on […]

(Natural News) The cities of Toronto and Vancouver in Canada, as well as the state of Oregon in the United States, are seeking to make it legal to carry small amounts of heroin, fentanyl and other drugs for personal use. Toronto’s board of health said that it will seek permission from the federal government to allow […]

(Natural News) A federal judge in Manhattan cast doubt on the future of the OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and its owners after overturning a roughly $4.5 billion settlement between the company and members of the Sackler family. Members of  the Sackler family, who own the company, have been accused of fueling the nation’s opioid crisis. Judge Collen McMahon […]

(Natural News) New York City is now authorizing two supervised injection sites in Manhattan to curb the surge in overdose deaths caused by street drugs. Trained staff at the sites in East Harlem and Washington Heights can provide clean needles, administer naloxone to reverse overdoses and provide users with options for addiction treatment if necessary. […]