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Wisconsin among top 10 states prescribing opioids to Medicaid patients
WBAY Green Bay· 29 minutes agoSince 2017, 27 states passed laws regulating the duration or dosage of first-time opioid-based...
Opioid treatment centers can overcome neighborhood opposition
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhile Americans acknowledge the general need for opioid addiction treatment facilities, they don't...
CTA offers harm-reduction kits in Narcan vending machines to assist with opioid crisis
The Columbia Chronicle· 6 days agoThe opioid crisis has become a significant public health concern in Chicago, and like many other...
OPIOID SETTLEMENT | Kent County postpones meeting to approve spending plan
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids· 21 hours agoKent County has postponed their vote to approve the plan for the first two years of opioid...
Opioid overdose deaths more likely among Mass. residents injured at work, new DPH report says
WFXT via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWorking-age Massachusetts residents who died between 2011 and 2020 were 35 percent more likely to...
Where $450,000 in opioid settlement money is going in Lancaster County
Lancaster Online· 4 days agoLancaster County commissioners Wednesday approved a plan to infuse another $450,000 from opioid...
Suspected Sinaloa Cartel assassin extradited to US
BBC via Yahoo News· 26 minutes agoUS Attorney General Merrick Garland alleges El Nini was part of the Sinola cartel’s production and sale of fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid, in the...
Fatal opioid overdoses tied to workplace injuries, state study finds - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 3 days ago“If we can create safer workplaces, if we can prevent these injuries from happening, it might not...
Pediatric Opioid Overdoses Decline Until 2019, Surge in 2020
Medscape· 6 days agoED visits due to prescription opioid overdose decreased among US children and adolescents from 2008...
Is It Too Late to Buy Vertex Pharmaceuticals Stock?
Motley Fool via Yahoo Finance· 44 minutes agoAnother big opportunity for the business is for its pain medication, VX-548. In clinical trials, it has demonstrated effectiveness in helping treat acute...