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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Purdue Pharma L.P. pleaded guilty on Oct. 21 to criminal charges for the company's marketing and selling of opioids, which led to a nationwide opioid crisis. NICOLAS TEPPER/DFP FILE

BU professors analyze Purdue Pharma shutdown, aftermath

Kyla Denisevich November 6, 2020
Around 450,000 people have died from opioids since the turn of the century, and many companies are to blame for the drug's overprescription and misuse.
Residents around Boston had the opportunity to dispose of prescription drugs on Saturday during the tenth annual Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Mass. participates in Drug Take-Back Day, continues fight against addiction

Julia Metjian September 29, 2015

In their continued effort to combat drug addiction in the Commonwealth, Massachusetts residents participated in the tenth annual Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday. The initiative, which took place...

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