U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined several other colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to increase funding for opioid and substance use disor...
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Maine’s Attorney General Aaron Frey, along with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, announced they will be releasing drug overdose data monthly, starting with the numbers for January 2021. ...
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A group of six senators introduced a bill that would help states adopt mobile crisis response teams for use when a person is experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis instead of in...
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A group of 19 U.S. senators recently sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to increase federal funding to fight the opioid and substance use disorder (SUD) crisis. The senators made thre...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to prevent opioid addiction in patients. The Opioid Patients’ Right to Know Act would establish a grant program for state...
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The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, in collaboration with Vital Strategies, a global public health organization, recently awarded the M&M Area Community Foundation (MMACF) in Menominee, M...
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U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) announced Wednesday Wayne County would receive $4 million in federal funds to expand mental health and substance use disorder treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on opioid addiction treatment with Illinois treatment advocates on Tuesday. During a phone call with the advocates of ...
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A new study from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry has found that low doses of naltrexone can be a non-addictive alternative to opioids for patients with orofacial and chronic pain. S...
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A GOP tax break included in the COVID-19 relief legislation means American taxpayers will partially subsidize settlement payments stemming from opioid litigation, two Democratic Congressmen said Frida...
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