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Nashville's Fight Against Opioid Epidemic Intensified with 24-Hour Naloxone Vending Machines

Nashville expands public access to naloxone, with new vending machines distributing the overdose-reversal medication and ...

We Can’t Fix the Opioid Crisis If We Don’t Know What’s Killing People

We can’t solve what we can’t measure, so let’s use opioid abatement funds to help. Comprehensive toxicology would let us ...
INDY Week

“We Have an Obligation to the People that We’ve Lost:” How the Opioid Crisis is Playing Out in Durham

Talking with the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition’s Loftin Wilson about the coalition’s work, how the opioid epidemic ...

Treating chronic pain faces obstacles in light of the opioid epidemic

A new crisis has emerged among patients who truly suffer from debilitating pain: They cannot get the care that they need.

VCU study: $786M lost in opioid epidemic in '23

According to the VCU Center on Society and Health, the total cost of the opioid epidemic in Virginia increased from $3.5 ...
Mankato Free Press

Some counties, including Blue Earth, spent opioid settlement money on police dogs

Minnesota cities and counties spent millions of opioid settlement payouts in 2024 largely on treatment, support for those in addiction recovery, education and administrative costs. Some Minnesota coun ...

Local school nurses equipped with Narcan as opioid crisis reaches classrooms

Toledo Public Schools has placed Narcan in emergency kits throughout high school buildings, stored behind glass and ready for ...

CVS opioid sales are key to McKee's attack on Foulkes. But CVS still gets state contracts

The largest contract paid CVS $200 million from 2020 through 2023, the period when McKee became governor and first campaigned against Foulkes.