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The human toll of the opioid epidemic that has ravaged America is stark: over 700,000 dead, and many millions more affected. Much less is known about the financial impact of the crisis, particularly on the budgets of state governments, which are spearheading about 2,000 lawsuits against opioid manufacturers in hopes of recovering some of the costs.
A research team at Penn State is trying to change that. In a series of studies, 20 researchers from four colleges analyzed data from more than a dozen sources to estimate how much states have spent since the epidemic began. Their results hint at why so many opioid makers are mulling bankruptcy.
Also today: political campaigns didn’t used to be this long, a way to make charitable giving more affordable and why not all vets will declaw cats.
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Every state bears the burden of the opioid crisis.
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Joel Segel, Pennsylvania State University; Douglas L. Leslie, Pennsylvania State University; Gary Zajac, Pennsylvania State University; Max Crowley, Pennsylvania State University; Paul L. Morgan, Pennsylvania State University
State governments are leading the charge against opioid makers over their role in the epidemic. A team of researchers at Penn State examined just how much the crisis has cost them.
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Politics + Society
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Rachel Caufield, Drake University
While other countries set strict limits on the length of campaigns, American presidential races have become drawn-out, yearslong affairs. It wasn’t always this way.
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John Broich, Case Western Reserve University
Democratic presidential candidates share many ideas and opinions. What they don't share, writes one historian, is the label 'liberal.'
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From our international editions
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Kellie Morrissey, Newcastle University; James Hodge, Newcastle University
Dementia villages and care homes that try and recreate the past are unsustainable.
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Fenwick McKelvey, Concordia University
Internet daemons are the programs that run in the background of our computers. Understanding what they are, and their capacity to benefit or harm us, is crucial for managing the internet.
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Matt Hayward, University of Newcastle; Joseph K. Bump, University of Minnesota
An exhaustive search involving 44,000 field staff, 318,000 habitat surveys and nearly 35 million photos has revealed India's tiger population is on the rise.
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Emily Ryo
University of Southern California
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