The city of Augusta, Maine, introduced legislation that would allow police and other first responders to send opioid overdose victims a bill for the cost of administering the anti-overdose drug naloxone, reports Maine Public.
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Five people remain hospitalized at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after a dispute at an Ohio nightclub escalated into a shooting early Sunday morning, according to Fox News.
Patients who use anti-anxiety medications in tandem with opioids are much more likely to overdose compared to patients solely using opioids, according to a recent study published in The BMJ.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the launch of a pilot program to help families damaged by parental opioid abuse on Wednesday.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana's Bold Goal project improved health in its seven target communities.
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Prescription drugs were stolen from a SEARHC clinic in Haines, Alaska last week, according to a report from KTOO Public Media.
Prescription opioid use and overdoses among teenagers and children looks to be declining, according to two studies published this month in the journal Pediatrics.
Opioid exposure is affecting children across the U.S. on a daily basis, according to a study published online by Pediatrics.
The CDC Foundation's new issue of Business Pulse identifies four critical issues facing employers in relation to the nation's opioid overdose epidemic.
The probability of chronic opioid use spikes after just a few days of prescribed use, according to a new study published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.