Included in the conspiracy count was the charge that the distribution of high amounts of painkillers resulted in the death of Arizona resident Jessica Burch in 2015.
State efforts aimed at preventing overdoses and deaths tied to prescription drugs and opioids are changing but continuing, as federal funding is coming to an end.
The WDH Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) first received the Grant to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2016
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The New York attorney general says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis.
In 2017, the Wyoming Board of Medicine suspended his license, saying he "posed an imminent threat to the health, welfare and safety of the people of Wyoming."