McKinsey and Company has agreed to pay $650 million to settle federal civil and criminal probes into alleged wrongdoing linked to "turbocharging" opioid sales on behalf of Purdue Pharma. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Esther Nesbitt lost two of her children to drug overdoses, and her grandchildren are among more than 320,000 who lost parents in the overdose epidemic. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Officer Yoo gives a citation to a man he stopped for using fentanyl in public. Yoo said handing out citations doesn't appear to move people from using drugs on the streets into treatment programs. Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB hide caption
Oregon pioneered a radical drug policy. Now it's reconsidering.
Monday
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation with Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, to put guardrails around the use of billions of opioid settlement funds. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag hide caption
Thursday
Advocates and victims of the opioid crisis gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2023, while the justices hear a case about Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy deal. The protesters urged justices to overturn the deal, which would give the Sackler family immunity against future civil cases related to opioids. Aneri Pattani/KFF Health News hide caption
Wednesday
Last year, more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses. Advocates and family members marked the tragic toll with cardboard grave markers on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23. Aneri Pattani/KFF Health News hide caption
Friday
States and counties nationwide are using opioid settlement funds for law enforcement efforts, including buying new squad cars. This draws criticism that the funds should be invested in treatment instead. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images hide caption
Law enforcement eyes opioid settlement cash for squad cars and body scanners
Wednesday
This photo provided by the U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah and introduced as evidence in a 2019 trial shows fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation. AP hide caption
Monday
Mallinckrodt says it is considering its financial alternatives, including a second bankruptcy, and might not make a $200 million opioid payment later this week. Whitney Curtis/AP hide caption
Drugmaker Mallinckrodt may renege on $1.7 billion opioid settlement
Saturday
The Food and Drug Administration is weighing a decision to make naxolone, pictured here in nasal spray form as Narcan, available over the counter without a prescription. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
CVS would pay nearly $5 billion over 10 years, while Walgreens would pay $5.7 billion over 15 years, in a settlement over their roles in the opioid crisis. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption
Thursday
A drug overdose rescue kit is pictured in Buffalo, N.Y. The Biden administration plans to increase access to clean needles, fentanyl test strips and naloxone to combat drug overdose deaths. Carolyn Thompson/AP hide caption
Wednesday
A heroin user in a South Bronx neighborhood which is experiencing an epidemic in drug use, especially heroin and other opioid based drugs. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Black Americans are now dying from drug overdoses at a higher rate than whites
Friday
Most of the funds from the settlement with manufacturers and distributors of opioids such as oxycodone will go to health care and drug treatment programs designed to ease the opioid crisis. Keith Srakocic/AP file photo hide caption
4 U.S. companies will pay $26 billion to settle claims they fueled the opioid crisis
Tuesday
Johnson & Johnson and the opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal Health reached a settlement with Native American tribes over their role in the opioid crisis. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption