City of Memphis Suing 21 Pharmaceutical Companies, Alleging Deceptive Opioid Marketing Campaigns
The city of Memphis sued 21 pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors on March 7, joining a growing number of local and state...
City of Memphis Sues Major Pharmaceutical Companies over Growing Opioid Epidemic
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - There were more than 850 opioid-related emergency department visits in Shelby County alone last year. Now the city of...
Knox judge refuses to dismiss opioid lawsuit
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE A Knox County judge is refusing to dismiss a lawsuit filed on behalf of Tennessee...
How Targeting Big Pharma Can Solve America’s Opioid Crisis
Addiction recovery advocate Ryan Hampton tells Kasie Hunt why he thinks a border wall is not the answer to America’s drug problem....
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Implicating Drug Manufacturers in Opioid Epidemic
CLAIBORNE COUNTY — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by several District Attorneys General in Tennessee against some of the largest...
TN Attorney General: FDA Approved OxyContin Labels, not OxyContin Maker's 'Deception'
The makers of the deadly and addictive drug OxyContin can’t hide behind the Food and Drug Administration to fend off legal responsibility...
OxyContin Maker: Doctors, Patients, Drug Dealers to Blame for Opioid Epidemic
The makers of the addictive and deadly drug OxyContin have one message for Tennessee residents and their attorney general: Don’t blame us...
Lawsuit: Purdue Targeted Nurse Practitioners, PAs
The medical community has long valued “midlevel providers” — nurse practitioners and physician assistants — for the role they can play in...
'Dreamland' Journalist: Purdue Pharma Lawsuit Implies Not Much Changed — Except Awareness
When journalist Sam Quinones read the lawsuit Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery filed against Purdue Pharma, unsealed at the end...
Purdue in Tennessee II: High-Volume Prescribers
From 2006 to 2015, Dr. Michael Rhodes was one of the top prescribers of OxyContin in the state of Tennessee. His practice had many of the...