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Athens Officials Requests More Funding to Combat Opioid Crisis
By: Kaitlin Kulich
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Athens community leaders and the Ohio Democratic Party are asking for more money in the local government budget in order to better mitigate substance abuse problems. Chris Knisley, president of… Read More
Judge: Former Opioid Advocate Can Testify Against Industry
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A federal jury will be able to hear from a doctor who spent decades advocating for broader use of powerful prescription painkillers before turning against the opioid industry. A special… Read More
Drug Distributor And Former Execs Face First Criminal Charges In Opioid Crisis
By: Richard Gonzales I NPR
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A DEA official said the indictments are meant to send “shock waves” through the pharmaceutical industry to remind it of its responsibility to help control prescription medications.
County Jails Struggle With A New Role As America’s Prime Centers For Opioid Detox
By: Eric Westervelt | NPR
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The National Sheriffs’ Association has published a detailed guide to jail-based medication-assisted treatment. States hardest hit by opioids are moving fastest to get inmates the help needed to quit.
Federal Opioid Strikeforce Indicts More Than A Dozen Ohio Valley Doctors
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday more than a dozen indictments against doctors in the Ohio Valley on charges relating to the illegal distribution of opioids. These are… Read More
China To Close Loophole On Fentanyl After U.S. Calls For Opioid Action
By: Sasha Ingber | NPR
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Some manufacturers evaded scrutiny by slightly modifying the molecular structures of substances. Monday’s announcement “puts a wider array of substances under regulation,” a Chinese official says.
W.Va. To Receive $14.6M From Feds To Fight Opioid Addiction
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia will receive $14.6 million in federal funds to fight opioid addiction. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced the funding in a… Read More
Report: Opioid Prescribing Down in Ohio
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state’s prescription reporting system shows the number of prescription opioids dispensed to Ohioans declined for the sixth consecutive year in 2018. A recently released annual… Read More
Political Feud Complicates Kentucky’s Fight Against Opioids
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A political feud between Kentucky’s top elected officials is complicating the state’s effort to hold drug companies accountable for their part in the opioid epidemic. That… Read More
Federal Judges Changes Trial Sequence for Opioid Lawsuits
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) — The federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits filed against manufacturers and distributors of opioid drugs is changing the lineup for the first “bellwether” trial in Cleveland. U.S…. Read More
As Opioid Crisis Affects A New Generation, Experts Study Long-Term Effects Of Prenatal Exposure
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Sue Meeks has worked with children for years as a registered nurse. Meeks manages the family navigator program at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio. Several… Read More
Coroners Issue Warnings Following New Opioid Death Spikes
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Coroners in two of Ohio’s largest counties have issued drug misuse warnings following the reappearance of an opioid so powerful it’s sometimes used to sedate elephants…. Read More
Report: Americans Are Now More Likely To Die Of An Opioid Overdose Than On The Road
By: Ian Stewart | NPR
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Americans now have a 1 in 96 chance of dying from an opioid overdose, according to new analysis from the National Safety Council.
Report: Distributors, DEA Failed To Abate US Opioid Crisis
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A congressional report on prescription pill dumping in West Virginia blames U.S. prescription drug distributors and the Drug Enforcement Administration for not doing enough to help… Read More
Marshall Grant to Help Children Affected by Opioid Epidemic
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – Marshall University has been awarded a federal grant to help children affected by the opioid epidemic. The Department of Justice awarded the West Virginia school’s Department… Read More
Opioid-Related Levies Receive Mixed Response From Ohio Voters
By: Elizabeth Miller | ideastream
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The impact of the opioid crisis was all over the ballot on Tuesday – from candidates with proposed opioid solutions to county levies for strained children services departments. Near-Record Number… Read More
Ohio Likely to Consider Medical Pot for Opioid Addiction
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) – An Ohio medical professor and family physician says he’s gathering data and research on treating opioid addiction with cannabis. Dr. F. Stuart Leeds said he plans to… Read More
A Rural Community Decided To Treat Its Opioid Problem Like A Natural Disaster
By: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch | NPR
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A rural county in Washington declared the opioid epidemic a life-threatening emergency. It uses a multiagency coordination group straight out of FEMA’s playbook to respond to the crisis.
Ky. AG Files 8th Opioid Lawsuit
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has sued a pharmaceutical company, accusing it of contributing to the state’s opioid epidemic. Beshear says he has sued Pennsylvania-based Teva… Read More
Kentucky Attorney General Announces 8th Opioid Lawsuit
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has sued a pharmaceutical company, accusing it of contributing to the state’s opioid epidemic. Beshear says he has sued Pennsylvania-based Teva… Read More
Ohio Valley Lawmakers Helped Shape Bipartisan Bill On Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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A year after President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, he signed a bipartisan bill Wednesday to bolster law enforcement efforts and expand addiction treatment and… Read More
State AG Told To Release Communication With Opioid Firms
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Blasting West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey for a “blatant disregard” of state public records laws, a judge has ordered the U.S. Senate candidate to release… Read More
Bucking Trend, Ohio Moved Fast To Use Federal Opioid Money
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Records show Ohio didn’t hesitate to spend the first round of federal funding targeting the country’s opioid crisis, unlike other states, to expand Medicaid under the… Read More
The Doctor And The Epidemic: Three Years At Ground Zero Of The Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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When Dr. Rahul Gupta started work as West Virginia’s chief health officer his state was already ground zero for the opioid epidemic, with some of the nation’s highest rates of… Read More
Chronic Pain Patients Say New Rules For Prescribing Opioids Are Hurting Them
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Last year, Ohio changed its rules for prescribing opioids, restricting amounts of, and circumstances under which, doctors can prescribe those narcotics. The new rules have an exemption for people who are in… Read More
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