Unmasking America’s pain pill epidemic

The Washington Post investigates the crisis that's ravaged communities and claimed more than 200,000 lives nationwide since 1996. | [10 for Today] Interesting stories worth your time. Since 2016, The Washington Post has been investigating the opioid epidemic that has ravaged communities and claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people nationwide since 1996. Now, a previously unreleased Drug Enforcement Administration database that tracks the path of every single pain pill sold in the United States — from manufacturers and distributors to pharmacies in every town and city — has been made public. It was disclosed as part of a civil action brought by nearly 2,000 cities, towns and counties alleging nearly two dozen drug companies conspired to saturate the nation with opioids. The database is a virtual road map to the epidemic. Scott Higham, Investigative Reporter, The Washington Post [76 billion opioid pills: Newly released federal data unmasks the epidemic]( [76 billion opioid pills: Newly released federal data unmasks the epidemic]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [washingtonpost.com / Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz and Steven Rich America’s largest drug companies saturated the country with 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pain pills from 2006 through 2012 as the nation’s… read more]( [Newly unsealed exhibits in opioid case reveal inner workings of the drug industry]( [Newly unsealed exhibits in opioid case reveal inner workings of the drug industry]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [washingtonpost.com / Sari Horwitz and Scott Higham and Aaron C. Davis and Steven Rich Newly unsealed documents in a landmark lawsuit Tuesday in Cleveland show the pressure within drug companies to sell opioids in the face of numerous red… read more]( [What internal drug company documents on opioids reveal]( [What internal drug company documents on opioids reveal]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [washingtonpost.com / The Washington Post A cache of previously undisclosed internal drug company documents and other records are being released as the result of the largest civil action in U.S.… read more]( [Internal drug company emails show indifference to opioid epidemic]( [Internal drug company emails show indifference to opioid epidemic]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [washingtonpost.com / Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz and Steven Rich In May 2008, as the opioid epidemic was raging in America, a representative of the nation’s largest manufacturer of opioid pain pills sent an email to a… read more]( [Drilling into the DEA’s pain pill database]( [Drilling into the DEA’s pain pill database]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [washingtonpost.com / The Washington Post For the first time, a database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks the path of every single pain pill sold in the United… read more]( [The biggest civil trial in U.S. history will start with these Ohio counties]( [The biggest civil trial in U.S. history will start with these Ohio counties]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [washingtonpost.com / Lenny Bernstein PARMA, Ohio — At Knuckleheads Bar & Grill, the subject on a sweltering Saturday afternoon was the drug crisis. 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