A Las Vegas couple will be spending the next few years in prison after being sentenced last Thursday for drug trafficking.
U.S. officials have approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioids.
Court filings say Purdue paid McKinsey more than $93 million over 15 years for a number of products.
The Sacklers would have contributed up to $6 billion and given up ownership of the company but retained billions more.
He pleaded guilty in November.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says over the past 72 hours it has responded to three near fatal overdoses involving fake Percocet pills that actually contain fentanyl.
The US Attorney's Office, District of Nevada says a Reno doctor pleaded guilty to prescribing oxycodone and hydrocodone for not a legitimate medical purpose.
A man has been charged with selling counterfeit opioid pills to Mac Miller two days before the rapper died of an overdose.
The Department of Justice says a Reno doctor and seven other people are charged in a case alleging oxycodone and hydrocodone prescription drug trafficking.
The Justice Department says the Vice Chief of Staff for Humboldt County General Hospital has pleaded guilty to illegally writing prescriptions.