Numerous public health experts and politicians have dubbed the nation's ongoing opioid overdose and addiction crisis the deadliest drug epidemic in American history. The scope of the crisis will likely require a multitude of efforts from governmental, healthcare and public…
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The Trump administration's "opioids cabinet" — spearheaded by White House counselor Kellyanne Conway — is systematically excluding chief officials from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, according to a report from Politico.
Indianapolis-based attorneys retained by Marshall County, Ind., recently filed a 165-page lawsuit against more than 20 drugmakers and distributors for the companies' alleged roles in facilitating the overuse of opioids, according to a report published Sunday by the South Bend…
Methadone clinics double in Colorado in 3 years — residents still lack access to addiction treatment
Over the last three years, the number of methadone clinics in Colorado increased from 11 to 23. However, access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction in the state remains limited, according to a report from The Denver Post.
The Tennessee Medical Association came out in opposition to the state's anti-opioid plan, TN Together, announced by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam Jan. 22.
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Sixty-six percent of all drug overdose deaths were attributable to opioids in 2016, according to a Jan. 31 Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of mortality data compiled by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
Indiana expanded its Medicaid program in 2015 with a number of conservative policy caveats. Three years later, newly available state-level data provides insight into the possible influence of such policies, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Nineteen Democratic senators called on the Government Accountability Office to investigate the Trump administration's response to the nation's opioid crisis, according to a letter obtained by Vox.
The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit Wednesday against drug manufacturers and distributors, as well as a local clinic, in an effort to curb the opioid epidemic, according to The Baltimore Sun.
Attorneys on behalf of Huerfano County filed a lawsuit Sunday against drugmakers and distributors for allegedly contributing to the county's opioid crisis, marking the first such lawsuit filed by a local government in Colorado, according to a report from The…