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Pennsylvania awarded significant grants to aid in addiction recovery and prevention
The Health and Human Services Administration has announced that it will provide $485 million in grants to all 50 states to help combat the...
Eye on Ohio: how the state is monitoring their opioid crisis
Ohio’s opioid crisis is at the center of a new case study that reviewed and analyzed policies and strategies used to prevent the state’s...
Understanding the value of prescription drug monitoring programs
Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are important tools in curbing the opioid crisis and reducing the need for addiction treatment. These are state-run databases...
Oregon combats opioid crisis with multi-pronged strategy
The Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division found that in 2013, out of 4 million Oregonians, 1 million of them received an opioid prescription...