opioid crisis

Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) has taken preemptive legal action against the federal government to avoid a civil lawsuit against the company related to the operation of its 5,000 in-store pharmacies, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. What Happened: The Bentonville, Arkansas-headquartered...

The SALT Conference is a prestigious gathering of the most well-known executives in finance, policy, economics and beyond. Benzinga headed to Las Vegas to cover them.  Nicholas Vita, vice chairman and CEO of the medical cannabis company Columbia Care, discussed the opioid crisis, the...

Shares of Insys Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: INSY) plummeted as low as $4.10 Tuesday morning as the company faces a notable legal battle concerning its founder John Kapoor. Kapoor resigned from Insys' board of directors over the weekend after he was arrested last week. The executive is said to...

Versión en Español en El Planteo: La Marihuana Podría Ayudar a Tratar Adicciones a las Drogas y el Alcohol People often talk about marijuana as an alternative to opioids and as a treatment for numerous addictions like alcohol and tobacco. But, like most praises (and...

Sometimes, efforts that begin with the best intentions can just end up making things worse. The Centers for Disease Control and state and local regulators have been fighting the national epidemic of prescription opioid painkiller abuse by increasing regulation of prescription opioid drugs and...