A Chinese narcotics control officer refuted claims Friday that his nation was largely responsible for the U.S.' influx of illicit fentanyl in recent years, according to a report from The New York Times.
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The House voted 242-174 Friday to reauthorize funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program through 2022, after letting it expire in September.
Beginning next week, Lansing, Mich., area emergency rooms will implement peer recovery coaches to encourage substance abuse treatment for patients admitted to ERs for opioid overdoses, according to a Lansing State Journal report.
A patient being transported from Charleston (W.Va.) General Hospital to one in Bluefield, W.Va., assaulted one EMT and left the ambulance driver on the side of the highway as he hijacked the vehicle, according to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine introduced a package of initiatives Monday to address the state's ongoing opioid overdose crisis.
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Fairborn, Ohio-based Hondros College of Nursing will host a free event featuring guest speakers and presentations from addiction experts examining the role of nurses in curbing rates of opioid overdose deaths.
New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Purdue Pharma, alleging the drugmaker engaged in deceptive marketing campaigns from the late 1990s through 2007 to promote the widespread use of opioid pain medicines, including OxyContin.
President Donald Trump's opioid commission released its final report Wednesday, detailing additional recommendations on how the federal government can address the nation's ongoing opioid overdose crisis.
More than 50 percent of people who died of opioid overdoses in 10 states tested positive for fentanyl in the second half of 2016, according to the CDC's most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
McKesson sent a letter to the President Donald Trump's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, recommending the administration consider two specific actions to mitigate opioid misuse.