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Talks In Opioid Lawsuits Called ‘Very Fruitful’
By: Nick Castele | ideastream
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Attorneys handling hundreds of lawsuits over the opioid crisis say they’re making progress in discussions between local governments and drug companies. U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster held a brief public hearing… Read More
House Committee Questions Opioid Distributors About Flood Of Pain Pills
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Legislators grilled representatives from five major opioid distributors Tuesday on how painkillers flooded West Virginia under their watch. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing came as part of an investigation… Read More
Feds Targeting Doctors for Illegal Opioid Prescriptions
By: Associated Press
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – Federal prosecutors are scoring victories against doctors in the opioid crisis. A Cincinnati physician convicted of illegally distributing oxycodone pills was sentenced Wednesday to five years… Read More
Take Charge Ohio Campaign Aims To Get People Thinking About Prescription Opioid Risks
Representatives from agencies working to combat the opioid crisis across the state were in Athens Wednesday to promote a the Take Charge Ohio campaign. The goal of the new initiative… Read More
New Prison Tenants to Tackle Opioid Crisis, Economy
By: Madelyn Young
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A group of 15 organizations in Southeast Ohio has been chosen to occupy the former Hocking Correctional Unit near Nelsonville. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction vacated the facility in late March… Read More
OU Develops Simulation to Train Opioid Overdose Response
By: Aaron Payne
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In a mock dorm room, an actor sits slumped over in a chair, simulating the effects of a heroin overdose. Two students walk in and launch into a series of… Read More
Surgeon General Supports Needle Exchanges To Limit Disease From Opioid Crisis
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams threw his support behind syringe exchange services as an important tool to address the Ohio Valley’s high risk of needle-borne disease associated with the opioid epidemic…. Read More
Opioid Use Lower In States That Eased Marijuana Laws
By: Richard Harris | NPR
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Researchers looked at states with medical marijuana dispensaries and those that allow home cultivation, and found lower use of opioids, when compared with states where marijuana remains illegal.
Law Limiting Opioid Prescriptions Signed in West Virginia
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s governor has signed legislation to limit opioid prescriptions that doctors can prescribe to treat acute pain. Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday signed the bill… Read More
Democrat Cordray Would Declare Opioid Emergency as Governor
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray says enhanced social services are key to fighting Ohio’s opioid crisis. The former federal consumer watchdog and state attorney general said… Read More
CDC Outlines Plan To Address Ohio Valley’s Opioids Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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President Donald Trump’s call to implement the death penalty for drug traffickers grabbed headlines Monday. But public health officials within the Trump administration are stressing other elements of the president’s… Read More
Opioid Tax Won’t Pass Kentucky Senate, Leader Says
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky Senate will reject a proposed first-in-the-nation tax on prescription opioids, with the chamber’s top Republican leader saying the idea has too many legal problems… Read More
New York AG Serves Subpoenas On Opioid Distributors, One Ohio-Based
By: Associated Press
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has served subpoenas on two opioid distributors as part of a multi-state investigation into their marketing and… Read More
More W. Va. Counties Sue Over Opioids
By: Associated Press
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia counties have joined numerous others in suing pharmaceutical companies, drugstores and the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy over the state’s opioid crisis. The… Read More
West Virginia Lawmakers Advance Measures To Address Opioids
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia lawmakers have advanced measures to curb the state’s drug crisis while rejecting two amendments aimed at punishing drug companies that flooded the state with… Read More
Athens County To Attack Opioid Companies In The Courtroom
Athens County is jumping into the legal fight against opioid manufacturers and distributors. The county commissioners have retained a law firm in Columbus to file the federal lawsuit. The Athens County… Read More
West Virginia Lawmakers Advance Opioid, Overdose Measures
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia lawmakers are advancing measures aimed at curbing the state’s drug crisis largely following a blueprint drawn by health officials in January. The House has… Read More
West Virginia to Depose Top Pharma Execs in Opioid Lawsuit
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Lawyers representing West Virginia in its lawsuit over the state’s opioid epidemic will depose top executives at the largest prescription drug distributor in the U.S. in… Read More
DOJ Will Share Rx Painkiller Data For Opioid Lawsuit Talks
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to share some federal data about prescription painkiller sales to help with settlement talks between local governments and drug companies… Read More
Rural Risk: Fighting Disease Amid The Opioid Crisis
By: Roxy Todd | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Health officials in the Ohio Valley are investigating outbreaks of disease associated with needle drug use in what is emerging as a new public health threat from the region’s… Read More
Kentucky Could Tax Opioids To Close Budget Gap
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky could become the first state in the country to tax opioid prescription painkillers under a proposal intended to generate more revenue for a state struggling… Read More
Next Phase Opens in Ohio’s $8M Opioid Technology Challenge
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio has launched the second stage of a global technology challenge aimed at finding solutions of the U.S. opioid crisis. The contest’s challenge phase opened Wednesday…. Read More
Ohio Bill Aims At Sex Solicitation To Help Curb Opioid Epidemic
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A bipartisan bill intended to help curb the state’s opioid epidemic by increasing penalties for soliciting prostitutes has been introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives…. Read More
Painful Lessons: Using Data On Overdose Deaths To Combat Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Ohio Valley’s numbers on the opioid crisis are grim, especially so in West Virginia, which has the nation’s highest rate of overdose deaths. But those numbers could give health… Read More
Cost Of U.S. Opioid Epidemic Since 2001 Is $1 Trillion And Climbing
By: Greg Allen | NPR
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Economists tracking federal mortality data say the opioid crisis is undercutting the productivity of people in their prime working years — 30s and 40s.
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