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Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit

12 December 2025 at 05:01
Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.

ยฉ Mohamed Sadek for The New York Times

Addiction experts, who studied hundreds of clinical trials, guidelines and surveys conducted over 15 years, found a gulf between how the public perceives cannabis and what gold-standard science shows.
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Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs

14 November 2025 at 16:18
Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to states, localities, tribes and others harmed in the opioid crisis.

ยฉ George Frey/Reuters

The bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, is the largest settlement with a single pharmaceutical company throughout years of the national opioid litigation.
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