| US: Trump declares opioid crisis a public health emergency 27 Oct 2017 |
| America's opioid crisis FACT |
| The opioid crisis refers to an increase in the abuse of opium-based prescription and non-prescription drugs, including morphine and heroin, which are made from opium in the US in recent years. Around 14,400 Americans have died from drug overdoses from prescription opioid in 2016. |
| Illegal sale of opioids: Indian-American pharma billionaire arrested 27 Oct 2017 |
| Who is John Kapoor? FACT |
| John Kapoor is an Arizona-based pharmaceutical entrepreneur and billionaire. He owns the Arizona-based company, Insys Therapeutics, a major manufacturer of cancer pain-relief drug, fentanyl. Kapoor hails from Amritsar and studied at the Mumbai university before getting his PhD in medicinal chemistry from University of Buffalo. |
| What has Kapoor been charged with? Charges |
| Opioid crisis: Authorities to toughen stance on illegal business practices FACT |
| " We must hold the industry and its leadership accountable just as we would the cartels or a street-level drug dealer," Weinreb stated. The statement further revealed that the FBI will thoroughly scrutinize business practices that choose profits over patient safety. |
| Selling opioids online? New tech may land you in trouble FACT |
| Meanwhile, in a new discovery, researchers at the University of California have developed a technology that makes it easier to detect and trace illegal sale of opioids through micro-blogging sites such as Twitter. The technology does this through filtering keywords such as fentanyl and vicodin! |
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