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Walmart filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice and the US Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday.
Drugs
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Deal does not prevent future criminal or civil penalties against Purdue’s executives or employees.
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US allegations about retired General Salvador Cienfuegos’s links to drug traffickers have rattled Mexico.
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Ex-defence chief Salvador Cienfuegos is accused of taking bribes to protect a drug cartel, according...
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Mallinckrodt said on Monday it had agreed to pay $1.6bn over several years to settle opioid-related litigation.
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Turf war between criminal groups in the sprawling camps kills at least eight people, say officials.
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The agreement could be unveiled within the next two weeks and include billions in penalties.
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A judge ruled Monday that Walmart must turn over internal board discussions about opioids dating back to 2010.
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Top actress questioned by the narcotics agency that is probing the film industry’s alleged links with drug peddlers.
In the first country in Asia to legalise medical marijuana, some promise it will alleviate poverty and even cure cancer.
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More than a dozen officers from a key national narcotics unit were recently found to be involved in a drug operation.
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Big Pharma is using stealth tactics to undermine credibility of non-profit that holds down US drug prices.
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Criminal operators are now embedded in the supply chain and it will take years to reverse that, tax official says.
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US Treasury says Taotao Zhang, a chemist and chemical supplier, had shipped illicit synthetic opioids to the US.