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City Council to examine city’s overdose response after Banner/Times report
The Baltimore Banner· 2 days agoCouncilman Mark Conway, chair of the public safety and government operations committee, plans to...
W.Va. Overdose Rates Rise While National Rates Fall - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
West Virginia Public Broadcasting· 1 day agoThe severity of West Virginia’s high overdose mortality rate qualifies the state for more federal...
How opioid prescriptions to Medicaid patients in Virginia stack up
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 10 hours agoAlmost 20 years after the first wave of opioid overdose deaths in the U.S., more than 75% of drug ...
A Canadian province decriminalized hard drugs. Now it’s reversing course.
Washington Post· 17 hours agoThe experiment, backed by Canada’s police chiefs, was to decriminalize the...methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and heroin — for personal use. The center-left New Democratic Party government ...
Police say 2 Vancouver drug policy advocates charged with trafficking
Houston Today· 11 hours agoTwo founders of a Vancouver drug user advocacy group that distributed what they said were safe doses...
Report: Encampment numbers up, some homeless numbers down, challenges remain
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSupreme Court. At issue is whether local governments can ticket homeless people for sleeping on...
Larry Hogan, facing Republican criticism, will skip GOP convention again
The Baltimore Banner· 4 days agoLarry Hogan, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, doesn’t plan to attend his...
Horry County, local cities seek feedback on opioid response with new survey
WMBF News Myrtle Beach· 1 day agoHorry County Government along with the City of Myrtle Beach, City of North Myrtle Beach and...
Opioid Deaths May Have Peaked. Demand-Side Policies Could Be Working
Forbes· 4 days agoIllicit fentanyl was the primary culprit. The steepest rise in annual overdose deaths occurred from...
Cincinnati woman pleads guilty to supplying fentanyl/cocaine mix that caused 2 overdose deaths
FOX 19 Cincinnati· 2 days agoA 33-year-old Cincinnati woman was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty...