Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) released documents obtained by the Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding its investigation into Purdue Pharma and members of...
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U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) said Tuesday Rowan University will receive $625,541 in funding from two federal grants to study and treat substance use disorder. The grants from the U.S. Departme...
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Florida recently used $5 million in U.S. Department of Labor funding to create a pilot program to address the health and economic impacts of substance and opioid use. The program, Support to Commun...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently awarded a $197,668 grant to Pennsylvania’s Edinboro University’s Sc...
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As of Oct. 21, South Carolinian firefighters administered opioid overdose antidotes to 200 people this year. The firefighters administered nasal naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an over...
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The federal State Opioid Response Grant awarded nearly $853,000 to five New York state providers to purchase and operate mobile treatment vehicles. Two types of mobile treatment vehicles are used i...
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U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced his state would receive more than $7.8 million in federal grant money to combat substance use disorder. The grant awards, funded by the U.S. Department of Jus...
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Teleconferencing and regulatory adjustments are allowing a major four-state study on opioid-use disorder (OUD) treatments to continue despite the challenges posed by the stubborn SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)...
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Researchers at the University of Kentucky may have developed a multidisciplinary plan to treat those with opioid use disorder, a new study indicates. In 2018, the researchers treated 400 people wh...
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Several Congressional members recently sent a letter to Timothy Shea, acting Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) administrator, requesting a briefing on the agency’s management of the nation’s s...
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The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs recently awarded more than $1.5 million to two Northeastern Illinois counties to combat opioid and stimulant abuse. Kane County receiv...
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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said the money paid by Perdue Pharma to settle cases against it by the federal government should go to communities most affected by the opioid crisis. In a statement r...
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CVS Health announced Thursday that they would be expanding their programs designed to prevent opioid misuse, a growing problem during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to reach young people, CVS...
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Opioid overdose deaths in Oregon spiked nearly 70 percent during April and May compared to the same period last year. In addition, overdose deaths during the first quarter of the year increased b...
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Two bills addressing mental health care in Pennsylvania recently were sent to Gov. Tom Wolf to be signed into law. House Bill 1439 amends The Insurance Company Law of 1921 to assure that residents ...
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently awarded the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) $32 million over two years to address opioid-use disorders a...
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn urging the Food and Drug Administration to enforce its own regulations regarding e-cigarettes and youth. In Jan...
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Perdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, pleaded guilty to three federal charges on Wednesday and agreed to $8 billion in penalties as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over...
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Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said a new report from his office and the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shows that the opioid epidemic is a serious public health emergency, being ma...
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Pennsylvania recently expanded the PA Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative (LETI) to include Dauphin and Northumberland counties. The initiative assists residents suffering from substance use disor...
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