JUSTICE ANNOUNCES OPERATION SYNTHETIC OPIOID SURGE

Today, the United States Department of Justice announced by press release its formation of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.).  An objective of SOS is the reduction of dangerous opioids in particular areas of focus, to identify wholesale distribution networks, and to locate suppliers. The Opioid Crisis Opioids are medications that affect the nervous system and/or specific receptors in the brain, for the purpose of reducing pain.  In the late 1990s, based on assurances from the pharmaceutical industry that patients were not likely to become addicted to pain relievers, physicians began to prescribe opioids at a higher level than in prior years.  Increased prescriptions led ultimately to widespread misuse of opioids.  Later, it became clearer to the medical community that opioids can be highly addictive. Drug overdose deaths and opioid-involved deaths have been steadily on the rise, across all races, classes and age groups.  For example, in 2015,…

Read more detail on Recent Health Care Law posts –

This entry was posted in Health Law and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply