Global News Podcast
$7.4bn settlement over painkiller that fuelled US opioid crisis
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US states reach a $7.4bn settlement with the makers of OxyContin, a painkiller that fuelled a nationwide opioid epidemic. Also: President Trump tells international businesses to move to the US or face big tariffs.
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Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection, written and presented by best-selling author Oliver Berkman, containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity, and the decline of nuance.
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Friday, the 24th of January. US states reach a $7 billion settlement with the makers of a painkiller that fuelled the American opioid epidemic. President Trump tells international business leaders to move production to the US or face big tariffs.
And why Mount Everest is becoming even more expensive to climb. Also in the podcast...
His family still doesn't know where he is, says Zaki. They still don't know until they can confirm it.
The harrowing search for the missing in Gaza. And Emilia Perez becomes the most nominated foreign film ever at the Oscars. In the late 1990s, Purdue Pharma aggressively promoted the use of opioids, specifically OxyContin.
Some patients may be afraid of taking opioids because they're perceived as too strong or addictive. But that is far from actual fact. Less than 1% of patients taking opioids actually become addicted.
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