Tag: opioid crisis

A decision over the establishment of a drug and alcohol recovery center in Toledo, Ohio divided the city council this week. The city council members...

As the opioid crisis rises in Portland, Maine, community organizations have partnered to assist drug rehab patients. They formed the Greater Portland Addiction Collaborative...

In a speech delivered in New Hampshire, Donald Trump announced his support for an addiction vaccine to help combat the ongoing opioid crisis in...

The American Dental Association (ADA) has announced new guidelines which recommend that dentists avoid prescribing opioid medications when possible, and urges limiting those prescriptions...

A school district in New Jersey is requiring that parents attend a mandatory opioid seminar in order to receive tickets to an eighth grade...

  On Monday, March 19, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed legislation into law which provides $65 million in state funds to combat the opioid crisis...

Healthcare professionals in Wichita, Kansas are expanding addiction treatment to combat rising heroin overdose rates. Heroin has become the leading cause of death among...

A Delaware woman has been found guilty of manslaughter after injecting her father with the fentanyl that caused his death by opioid overdose. On October...

Substance abuse and addiction treatment providers in Omaha, Nebraska have been increasingly serving children, adolescents and young adults who have opioid-related intoxications. The Children’s Hospital...

A bill proposed by a Republican congressman would require people provide a valid ID for opioid prescriptions in the state of Illinois. The bill, HR...