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 General view of the Ministry of Health building in Jerusalem October 17, 2021.

Health Ministry’s amendment for control on potentially deadly opioid prescriptions endorsed

 TABLETS OF opioid-based Hydrocodone: The Israeli medical community must stand up against over-prescribing of opioids, as many healthcare workers around the globe have done, say the writers.

Israeli scientists claim the brain can stop the urge to take fentanyl

 The logo of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is seen in Tel Aviv, Israel February 19, 2019.

Teva to pay Nevada $193 million over role in opioid epidemic

By REUTERS
A man living on the streets displays what he says is the synthetic drug fentanyl in the Tenderloin section of San Francisco, California, US, February 27, 2020.

US slaps sanctions on Chinese, Mexican entities in fentanyl action

By REUTERS
 Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017.

Israel's pain-related opioid consumption has overtaken the US