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Pocahontas County student chosen as statewide ‘Kids Kick Opioids’ contest winner
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoPOCAHONTAS COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — A student from a school in Pocahontas County was selected as the...
Big 3 Drug Companies Argue For Supreme Court To Block Possible Appeal - West Virginia Public...
West Virginia Public Broadcasting· 1 hour agoThe defendants – Amerisource, Cardinal Health and McKesson – have filed a brief that argues that the...
Atlanta gynecologist, pharmacists sentenced in massive 'pill mill' operation
Fox local via AOL· 6 days agoThirteen people, including a gynecologist and two pharmacists based in Atlanta, have been sentenced...
Prescription drug Take Back event set in Bismarck
The Bismarck Tribune· 16 hours agoBismarck-Burleigh Public Health and the Bismarck Police Department are hosting a prescription drug Take Back event on Wednesday. It's scheduled from...
States that most often prescribe opioids to Medicaid patients
Stacker via AOL· 6 days agoIn 2021, even as most states had implemented laws regulating opioid prescription and freeing access...
Abortion Pills in Louisiana Could Soon Be in Same Category as Opioids
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoThe reclassification would put the abortion drugs in the same category as opioids and other...
Former Wichita doctor sentenced to decade in prison for opioid prescription scheme
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSteven R. Henson, 63, admitted to writing oxycodone, methadone and alprazolam prescriptions to...
2 more regional Rite Aid stores to permanently close in June
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 8 hours agoCedar Crest Blvd. in South Whitehall Township will hold its last day of business on June 16, a...
Southern Nevada Health District warns ‘tranq’ found in illegal drug supply
KLAS articles via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoXylazine, a powerful animal tranquilizer, was detected during the sampling of illicit drugs in Clark...
Guest editorial | Opioid reform
Cumberland Times-News· 9 hours agoBuprenorphine, the only drug currently available at pharmacies to treat opioid use disorder, is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. It’s an unfortunate side effect of a pharmacy system ...