OxyContin

The U.S. Department of Justice says a Minnesota man pleaded guilty this week to distributing Fentanyl that resulted in the death of an Alabama man. Prosecutors say Christopher Bass used the U.S. Postal Service to mail the drugs to Dr. Louis Burgio of Tuscaloosa in 2022, and that the Fentanyl was counterfeit Oxycontin. Burgio was later found dead.

Alabama's largest health insurer will stop covering OxyContin prescriptions as part of an effort to deter opioid abuse.AL.com reports Blue Cross and Blue…

Hospitals in Alabama as well as Mississippi are suing more than a dozen drug manufacturers, claiming they deceptively marketed and sold dangerous…