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Opioid Crisis: Grading the Progress of National Initiatives
Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...
Kitsap paramedics will provide emerging medication to aid opioid recovery
Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and ...
Justice Department sues Walgreens over alleged unlawful opioid prescriptions
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Walgreens accusing the drugstore giant of filling millions of illegitimate ...
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RFK Jr.’s views on addiction win a surprising endorsement: his cousin Patrick
Patrick Kennedy suggests Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be open to use of addiction medications as well as "wellness farms" for ...
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Purdue Pharma, Sackler family agree to $7 billion settlement over opioid crisis
Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, reached a settlement of up to $7.4 billion for its role in the opioid crisis, less than a year after the Supreme Court tossed out a proposed $6 ...
How drug overdose deaths have plagued one generation of Black men for decades
Young Black men in cities across America died of drug overdoses at high rates in the 1980s and 1990s. During the recent fentanyl crisis, older Black men in many cities have been dying at unusually ...
Loudoun County Superintendent is called out for lowering student overdose number
Loudoun County Superintendent Aaron Spence is telling Virginia leaders that only four Park View High School students ...
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Wake County EMS Frontline Heroes Use Revolutionary Approach to Tackle Opioid Crisis with On-the-Spot Treatment
Wake County EMS's MOUD program successfully integrates buprenorphine treatment for opioid use in prehospital care.