For the best experienceDownload the Mobile App
App Store Play Store
Women in Puerto Rico bear unique burdens in the opioid crisis
Women in Puerto Rico bear unique burdens in the opioid crisis
Women in Puerto Rico bear unique burdens in the opioid crisis

Published on: 02/04/2025

This news was posted by Oregon Today News

Go To Business Place

Description

By Damaly Gonzalez | Edited by Tina Vasquez

Before OxyContin hit the U.S. mainland market, the drug’s creator, Purdue Pharma, owned by the infamous Sackler family, tested the painkiller in Puerto Rico in 1989. The test subjects were 90 Puerto Rican women who consented to participate in the clinical trials while hospitalized and recovering from abdominal and gynecological surgery.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/palabra/2025/02/women-in-puerto-rico-bear-unique-burdens-in-the-opioid-crisis.html

Other Related News

3/11/26 - Every 15 Minutes event held at Triangle Lake Charter School Every 15 Minutes is a two-day under-age impaired driving prevention program centered around the statistic that someone in the United States is killed as the result of an alcohol-related crash every 15 minutes. While this exact statistic has fluctuated year-to-year, impairment-related collisions remain the leading cause of death among teenage youth. This week on March 10th and 11th, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with Lane Fire Authority, Lake Creek Fire & Rescue and the Blachly School District, took a proactive step in educating local high school students about making mature decisions around intoxicating substances and driving distractors. On Tuesday, March 10th, students witnessed a mock car crash at the Triangle Lake Charter School. This staged car crash involves student occupants with a DUII driver, someone who is killed, and several injured subjects. Law enforcement, fire, and paramedics responded and worked the crash as they would any real crash. On Wednesday, March 11th, the school held a community assembly in the gymnasium at the school. A representative from the Sheriff’s Office narrated the assembly, which included speakers who have lost loved ones to impaired driving crashes. The assembly also included a video made with the students involved in the crash: https://youtu.be/V8ZHqTzX6F0?si=HmEWfDcXwHIFm6fS (NOTE: Video includes realistic depictions of injuries and blood) The program challenges teens to think before using any impairing substances and operating any type of motor vehicle, or riding in one with an impaired operator. It also focuses on the impact those decisions have on family, friends, and the people left behind when someone is killed as a result of an impaired driving crash.Photos from Lane County Sheriff's Office's post
3/11/26 - Every 15 Minutes event held at Triangle Lake Charter School Every 15 Minutes is a two-day under-age impaired driving prevention program centered around the statistic that someone in the United States is killed as the result of an alcohol-related crash every 15 minutes. While this exact statistic has fluctuated year-to-year, impairment-related collisions remain the leading cause of death among teenage youth. This week on March 10th and 11th, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with Lane Fire Authority, Lake Creek Fire & Rescue and the Blachly School District, took a proactive step in educating local high school students about making mature decisions around intoxicating substances and driving distractors. On Tuesday, March 10th, students witnessed a mock car crash at the Triangle Lake Charter School. This staged car crash involves student occupants with a DUII driver, someone who is killed, and several injured subjects. Law enforcement, fire, and paramedics responded and worked the crash as they would any real crash. On Wednesday, March 11th, the school held a community assembly in the gymnasium at the school. A representative from the Sheriff’s Office narrated the assembly, which included speakers who have lost loved ones to impaired driving crashes. The assembly also included a video made with the students involved in the crash: https://youtu.be/V8ZHqTzX6F0?si=HmEWfDcXwHIFm6fS (NOTE: Video includes realistic depictions of injuries and blood) The program challenges teens to think before using any impairing substances and operating any type of motor vehicle, or riding in one with an impaired operator. It also focuses on the impact those decisions have on family, friends, and the people left behind when someone is killed as a result of an impaired driving crash.Photos from Lane County Sheriff's Office's post
3/11/26 - Every 15 Minutes event held at Triangle Lake Charter School Every 15 Minutes is a two-day under-age impaired driving prevention program centered around the statistic that someone in the United States is killed as the result of an alcohol-related crash every 15 minutes. While this exact statistic has fluctuated year-to-year, impairment-related collisions remain the leading cause of death among teenage youth. This week on March 10th and 11th, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with Lane Fire Authority, Lake Creek Fire & Rescue and the Blachly School District, took a proactive step in educating local high school students about making mature decisions around intoxicating substances and driving distractors. On Tuesday, March 10th, students witnessed a mock car crash at the Triangle Lake Charter School. This staged car crash involves student occupants with a DUII driver, someone who is killed, and several injured subjects. Law enforcement, fire, and paramedics responded and worked the crash as they would any real crash. On Wednesday, March 11th, the school held a community assembly in the gymnasium at the school. A representative from the Sheriff’s Office narrated the assembly, which included speakers who have lost loved ones to impaired driving crashes. The assembly also included a video made with the students involved in the crash: https://youtu.be/V8ZHqTzX6F0?si=HmEWfDcXwHIFm6fS (NOTE: Video includes realistic depictions of injuries and blood) The program challenges teens to think before using any impairing substances and operating any type of motor vehicle, or riding in one with an impaired operator. It also focuses on the impact those decisions have on family, friends, and the people left behind when someone is killed as a result of an impaired driving crash.Photos from Lane County Sheriff's Office's post

03/12/2026

31126 - Every 15 Minutes event held at Triangle Lake Charter School Every 15 Minutes is ...

Everything Dan Lanning said as the Oregon Ducks kick off 2026 spring football
Everything Dan Lanning said as the Oregon Ducks kick off 2026 spring football
Everything Dan Lanning said as the Oregon Ducks kick off 2026 spring football

03/12/2026

EUGENE Outside Autzen Stadium the sound of whistles blowing and pads crunching is intermi...

People are saying they got Regina George'd by these protein bars after shocking lawsuit
People are saying they got Regina George'd by these protein bars after shocking lawsuit
People are saying they got Regina George'd by these protein bars after shocking lawsuit

03/12/2026

A lawsuit claims that a protein bar brand is misrepresenting the fat and calorie contents ...

How to watch BYU vs Houston basketball straming for free today
How to watch BYU vs Houston basketball straming for free today
How to watch BYU vs Houston basketball straming for free today

03/12/2026

Todays Big 12 Tournament slate features the No 5 Houston Cougars facing off against the BY...

'KPop Demon Hunters' will have a sequel, Netflix confirms
'KPop Demon Hunters' will have a sequel, Netflix confirms
'KPop Demon Hunters' will have a sequel, Netflix confirms

03/12/2026

Maggie Kang who directed the first movie alongside American Chris Appelhans said the seque...

ShoutoutGive Shoutout
500/500