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Walgreens agrees to pay NM $500 million to settle opioid lawsuit

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6.16.23 – Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel take a look at the state’s $500 million settlement with Walgreens over the pharmacy chain’s role in the opioid epidemic. Host: Gene Grant Line Opinion Panelists:Martha Burk, political psychologist, authorShaun Griswold, editor, Source New MexicoMerritt Allen, Vox Optima Public Relations For More Information: New Mexico settles…

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The Line: Monitoring Prescription Pain Medicine

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August 9, 2019 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists examine the disproportionately high rate of opioids dispensed by one drugstore in Española from 2006 to 2012.  Opioid prescription rates have dropped since then, but The Line questions whether red flags should have been raised sooner, the state’s efforts to control prescription pain medicine,…

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