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Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has agreed to pay $335 million to settle a national lawsuit over its role in the opioid crisis, ...
Funded by opioid settlement dollars, the new stations offer free naloxone, fentanyl test strips and other health supplies ...
Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the USA’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another increasingly ...
Narcan is a nasal spray designed to rapidly reverse effects of an opioid overdose, according to narcan.com, and it’s ...
Discrepancy between individuals’ and governments’ compensations highlights a sense of injustice felt by people directly ...
Attorney General Phil Weiser today announced a multistate settlement in principle with pharmaceutical company Mylan Inc. that will deliver up to $335 million nationwide to help combat the ...
Using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the assessment says one-fifth of Kansans have a substance use ...
The council — which had recently approved raises for police and firefighters — voted 5-4 to use $526,072 in opioid settlement ...
Across rural North Carolina, the opioid epidemic has left a devastating mark — overdose deaths have surged, families have been shattered and communities have struggled to find resources to fight ...
So far, Taunton has distributed $67,600 to a variety of groups and individuals. Here's who has gotten money and why.
False narratives suggest that even touching the highly potent opioid can cause an accidental overdose despite scientific ...
The weekly meetings are now being held at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays, but the Lee County Board of Supervisors tended to several ...