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With More Opioid Use, People Are More Likely To Get Caught Up In The Justice System
By: Rhitu Chatterjee | NPR
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A new study shows Americans with opioid addiction are more likely to have been arrested or convicted of a crime, suggesting a need to involve police, courts and jails in treating addiction.
Auditor’s Report Shows Opioids Impact On Medicaid
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A state auditor’s report looking at opioids’ impact on Ohio’s Medicaid program shows the number of Medicaid recipients with an opioid-related diagnosis quadrupled from 2010 to… Read More
Medicaid Recipients In West Virginia To Get More Substance Use Disorder Services
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia Medicaid recipients will soon receive the second phase of new services under a federal waiver as part of efforts by Gov. Jim Justice’s administration… Read More
Analysis Finds Geographic Overlap In Opioid Use And Trump Support In 2016
By: Paul Chisholm | NPR
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Counties with higher rates of opioid use skewed heavily Republican in the 2016 election. What role did the opioid epidemic play in President Trump’s victory?
Beyond Opioids: How A Family Came Together To Stay Together
By: Rhitu Chatterjee | Rebecca Davis | NPR
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Infants do better with their parents, studies find, as long as parents have support to get and stay sober. This program starts during pregnancy, to rally and train a strong family support network.
West Virginia Naloxone Distribution
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is distributing overdose antidotes to emergency first responders across the state. WOWK-TV reports Senate Bill 272 went… 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
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
Exchange of Ideas: How A Rural Kentucky County Overcame Fear To Adopt A Needle Exchange
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Greg Lee, Kentucky’s HIV/AIDS educator, starts the town hall on a somber note. “How many people in this room know someone who has died of an overdose death?” It is… 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
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.
Drugmakers Spent Millions Promoting Opioids To Patient Groups, Senate Report Says
By: Scott Neuman | Alison Kodjak | NPR
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The report released by Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill says the cozy relationship between pain advocacy groups and pharmaceutical companies may have played a key role in the opioid crisis.
Trump Takes Enforcement Approach To Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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President Donald Trump addressed the opioid crisis affecting the Ohio Valley region in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night. “We must get much tougher on drug dealers… Read More
Trump Renews Opioid Emergency: Democrats Want More Funding For Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Trump administration has extended its public health emergency on the opioid crisis. The move came just days before the original declaration signed in October was set to expire. Acting… Read More
Trump Brought Attention But Little Money To Counter Opioid Crisis
Donald Trump told supporters on the campaign trail his plan to combat the opioid crisis. It included stopping the flow of drugs into the country, increase the penalties for drug trafficking, and… Read More
$econd Chance: The Economic Case For Drug Treatment Over Jails
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Imagine living and working somewhere designed to fit a couple hundred people. Now picture that same space crammed with twice that number. Madison County, Kentucky, Jailer Doug Thomas doesn’t have… Read More
Survey Finds Teen Use Of Opioids Declining
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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A survey produced by the National Institute on Drug Abuse found a rare bit of good news about the opioid crisis: fewer teenagers reported using opioids outside of medical purposes. The Monitoring the… Read More
Addiction U: Schools Form Research Consortium On Opioid Epidemic
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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At a conference last year on the region’s opioid crisis, journalist Sam Quinones presented a call to action to Northern Kentucky University. Quinones is author of the influential book on… Read More
Little Regional Coordination As Trump Unveils Delayed Opioid Emergency Plan
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Many lawmakers from the Ohio Valley region say they’ll be at the White House Thursday as President Donald Trump is expected to unveil a long-awaited emergency declaration to address the… Read More
Ohio Launches Tech Challenge Aimed at Opioid Crisis
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DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) – Ohio has launched its $8 million effort to attract ideas for using technology to solve the national opioid addiction crisis. The state is pitching the Ohio… Read More
Opioids On Trial: Can Lawsuits Help Fix The Addiction Crisis?
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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When health care and law enforcement officials met recently at a health policy forum in Lexington, Kentucky, to share ideas about the opioid crisis, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear listed… Read More
Trump Declares Opioid Crisis Emergency: Ohio Valley Reacts
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Days after sending mixed signals on his response to the nation’s opioid crisis, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to declare a national emergency to better address the… Read More
Heart Of The Matter: Needle Drug Use Brings Spike In Heart Infections
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Ohio Valley’s addiction crisis has brought another health problem, as rising numbers of needle drug users are contracting a serious form of heart infection called endocarditis. The rate of… Read More
Born Addicted: The Race To Treat The Ohio Valley’s Drug-Affected Babies
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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She asked to not be identified. And it’s understandable given the stigma attached to addiction. For this story, we’ll call her “Mary.” Mary lives in eastern Kentucky and has struggled… Read More
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