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Pharmaceutical Company Founder Gets 5 1/2 Years for Pushing Opioid

(BOSTON) — The founder of an Arizona pharmaceutical company was ordered to spend 5 1/2 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating a bribery and kickback scheme prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis. John Kapoor, 76, the former chairman of Insys Therapeutics, was sentenced in Boston’s federal court after a…
bubmag
January 24, 2020
Oxycodone

Juice WRLD’s Death Ruled an Accidental Overdose

The Cook County Medical Examiners Office has ruled that Juice WRLD died of an accidental overdose of Oxycodone and codeine toxicity. It was previously reported that Juice WRLD, was treated with Narcan (a pharmaceutical used to combat opioid overdoses) and ta…
bubmag
January 22, 2020