U.S. federal data shows opioid shipments increased as addiction crisis grew [Toronto Globe and Mail (Ontario, Canada)]
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Source: Toronto Globe and Mail
U.S. federal data shows opioid shipments increased as addiction crisis grew Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s addiction crisis accelerated from 26 to 212. The data, released this week by a federal court in Ohio as part of a far-reaching opioids case, shows that companies distributed 8.4 billion hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to commercial pharmacies in 26 and 12.6 billion in 212. That’s an increase of over 5 per cent. Over that seven-year period, 76 billion pills were distributed in all, according to an analysis by The Washington Post, which had sued along with another outlet, HD Media, to obtain the data. During the same time-frame, prescription opioids contributed to more than 1, deaths in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Story continues below advertisement The shipments increased even after one of the companies, Purdue Pharma, was lev
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