Opioids

Finally recognizing the Israeli opioid disaster

Israel, now the largest per capita consumer of opioids, faces a rising crisis. Learn about the challenges, responses from health authorities, and the need for improved treatment and prevention.

 PROF. PINHAS DANNON, chief psychiatrist of the Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem and a leading expert on opioid addiction.
 General view of the Ministry of Health building in Jerusalem October 17, 2021.

Health Ministry’s amendment for control on potentially deadly opioid prescriptions endorsed

 TABLETS OF opioid-based Hydrocodone: The Israeli medical community must stand up against over-prescribing of opioids, as many healthcare workers around the globe have done, say the writers.

Israeli scientists claim the brain can stop the urge to take fentanyl

 TABLETS OF opioid-based Hydrocodone: The Israeli medical community must stand up against over-prescribing of opioids, as many healthcare workers around the globe have done, say the writers.

Over-prescribing opioids is unethical - opinion


TAU and Sackler family agree to remove Sackler name from Faculty of Medicine

The two sides issued a joint announcement on Wednesday without providing any explanation for dropping the name that has belonged to the medical school.

 The Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University.

Teva to pay Nevada $193 million over role in opioid epidemic

Nevada, along with other states and thousands of local governments, accused Teva and other drugmakers of downplaying the addiction risks of opioid pain drugs.

 The logo of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is seen in Tel Aviv, Israel February 19, 2019.

Jewish family behind OxyContin, to pay $6B in deal against lawsuits

The decision to grant immunity by a federal appeals court panel Tuesday effectively ends the thousands of civil lawsuits that have been filed against Purdue Pharma, the Sacklers’ company.

Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin, 40mg pills, made by Purdue Pharma L.D. sit on a shelf at a local pharmacy, in Provo, Utah, U.S.

Diplomatic disaster and opioid preoccupation

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and guest co-host Tamar Uriel-Beeri.

 Boxes of Fentanyl Transdermal System made by Apotex Corporation sit on a shelf at a pharmacy, in Provo, Utah on May 9, 2019

Israel's pain-related opioid consumption has overtaken the US

A new study suggests immediate actions to be taken to cut consumption and use of narcotic medicine than clinically necessary.

 Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017.

Israeli drugmaker Teva says opioids settlement to move forward in US

As a result of the opiod crisis, more than 932,000 people have died in the US since 1999 from a drug overdose.

 The logo of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is seen in Tel Aviv, Israel February 19, 2019.

Mexico arrests Ovidio Guzman, son of 'El Chapo,' in night of violence

News of the capture came after a night of violence in the city of Culiacan in the northern state of Sinaloa, home to the drug cartel of the same name.

The wreckage of a bus and a burning truck, set on fire by members of a drug gang are pictured following the detention of Mexican drug gang leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of incarcerated kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who has been arrested by Mexican authorities, in Culiacan, Mexico, Jan. 5, 2023.

Teva to pay $523m. to New York as it looks to move past opioid lawsuits

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will pay up to $523 million to New York State as part of a nationwide settlement of lawsuits alleging the company helped fuel the US opioid epidemic.

 Teva building in Kfar Saba

How can we stop the opioid crisis? It involves medical cannabis - study

90.6% of study participants found medical cannabis to be very or extremely helpful in treating their medical condition.

Seach medical cannabis farm

Deadly ‘rainbow fentanyl’ drug targets youth in 18 US states, DEA warns

The drug is brightly colored like candy, potentially a ploy to sell the dangerous drugs to children and young adults, the DEA said.

Packets of fentanyl mostly in powder form and methamphetamine, which US Customs and Border Protection say they seized from a truck crossing into Arizona from Mexico, is on display during a news conference at the Port of Nogales, Arizona, US, January 31, 2019.

Israel's Teva pharmaceuticals company keeps selling to Russia despite sanctions

Teva CEO Kare Schultz said that despite sanctions, Teva still sells medications to Russia, because this is a humanitarian move. He also revealed that Teva donates medicines to Ukraine.

 Teva building in Kfar Saba