The US is suffering from an opioid crisis due to physicians over prescribing painkillers such as OxyContin, Vicodin, morphine, methadone, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. After surgeries, physicians...

On September 15, 2019, Purdue Pharma, the company known for making the medication Oxycontin, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in order to settle litigation from states who claim the company played...