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Tag: opioid crisis

What the Media Chooses To Ignore On The Nation’s Fentanyl Crisis

January 9, 2023   2:30 amJanuary 9, 2023   8:11 am
The United States is mired in an escalating war–and we are losing as the casualties continue to mount.  According to the Centers For Disease Control (CDC), overdose deaths involving opioids increased from an estimated 70,029 in 2020 to 80,816 in...
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State Judge Rules Drug Companies Not Liable For Opioid Epidemic in California

November 2, 2021   4:51 pmNovember 4, 2021   7:30 am
Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson gave a tentative ruling on Monday finding  that multiple drug companies, including Purdue Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie and other large drug companies not guilty for helping supply the U.S. opioid epidemic. Originally...
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

California AG Xavier Becerra’s ‘Sneaky’ Power Grab

September 2, 2020   1:53 pm
“In an unusual last-minute power grab, Attorney General Xavier Becerra is trying to ram something called Assembly Bill 6 through the California State Legislature,” the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board reported Monday. “It’s a perfect example of bad, secretive and cynical...
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Fentanyl Will Now Be Considered A Contaminant To Property Under New Law

October 11, 2019   3:29 pm
Fentanyl became the second drug in California to have specialized decontaminate laws after Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1596 into law earlier this week. AB 1596 revises the Methamphetamine Contaminated Property Act to the Methamphetamine or Fentanyl Contaminated Property Cleanup Act....
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California Senate Passes ‘Housing for Homeless,’ Bill With Penalty Component

July 2, 2019   2:08 amJuly 3, 2019   1:35 pm
The Legislature can do an immediate legislative fix   The Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review authored AB 101, which provides for statutory changes needed to enact the housing and homelessness-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2019. In short,...
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