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Tribal Nations Invest Opioid Settlement Funds in Traditional Healing to Treat Addiction
North Denver News· 14 hours agoIt’s one of several sweat lodges on the tribe’s land, but this one is dedicated to helping people recover from addiction. The experience can be “a vital tool” in healing, ...
CT OKs $8M in opioid settlement money for a range of services
Hartford Business Journal· 7 hours agoThe committee members, which are responsible for allocating the state’s share of several national...
Three doctors who helped fuel drug abuse in southeastern Kentucky sentenced to prison
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt is a legal drug used in treating addiction to opioid painkillers because it blocks withdrawal...
Fewer U.S. overdose deaths were reported last year, but experts are still cautious
Republican-American· 1 hour agoThe number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday. It would be only the second annual decline since the current ...
Overdose deaths in 2023 fell for the first time since the pandemic
Axios· 41 minutes agoDeadly drug overdoses in the United States declined last year for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, new preliminary federal data show. The big picture: It's a rare glimmer of ...
US drug deaths decline, hinting at progress against opioid crisis
Alaska Superstation· 3 hours agoThere were an estimated 107,543 such deaths in the country in 2023, down three percent compared to...
Kentucky doctor sentenced to 20 years over prescribing that led to patient’s death
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 2 days agoDefense attorneys argued that Sadrinia was convicted based on a single prescription to a person who...
Walgreens is launching a generic version of over-the-counter Narcan
NBC News via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoWalgreens said Wednesday that it will sell its own generic version of over-the-counter Narcan, the...