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Rural Nevada Hospital Exec Guilty Of Opioid Charges

Feb 07, 2019

WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — A senior doctor at a rural hospital in northern Nevada has pleaded guilty to writing illegal prescriptions for narcotics including opioids without a medical purpose.

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Utah House Passed Bill To Study Opioid Overdoses

Feb 05, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has passed a proposal to create a committee to review drug overdose deaths.

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Nevada AG Gets Approval To Hire Firm To Sue Opioid Makers

Feb 01, 2019

 

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada attorney general's office has received clearance to hire a law firm to sue opioid manufacturers.

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A highly potent synthetic opioid, fentanyl is often mixed in to other drugs sold on the street, including pills, heroin and even cocaine.
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Fentanyl Surpasses Heroin As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses

Dec 12, 2018
When fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, infiltrated the drug supply in the U.S. it had an immediate, dramatic effect on the overdose rate.
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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said the state has added CVS and Walgreens to a lawsuit because they had not stopped suspicious orders of opioids and had dispensed unreasonable quantities of the drugs.
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Florida Sues Walgreens, CVS For Alleged Role In Opioid Crisis

Nov 19, 2018
State Attorney General Pam Bondi's office announced Friday that it had added the drugstore chains to a lawsuit filed in May against opioid distributors and manufacturers.
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Forum: The Health And Economic Concerns Of Rural Americans

Nov 09, 2018
Join us for a live discussion of major issues facing rural America, based on a recent poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, testifying before a House subcommittee in May. There are "very tight restrictions" being placed on the distribution and use of Dsuvia, Gottlieb said Friday in addressing the FDA's approval of the
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Despite Warnings, FDA Approves Potent New Opioid Painkiller

Nov 02, 2018
Critics, including some leading anesthesiologists, say the drug is unnecessary, and they worry it will be diverted and abused. The Food And Drug Administration says it is addressing safety concerns.
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Among at least some rural Americans, pragmatism may now be superseding traditional disdain for government and the prizing of rugged individualism.
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Rural Americans Are OK With 'Outside' Help To Beat Opioid Crisis And Boost Economy

Oct 25, 2018
Despite a reputation for being suspicious of government and outsiders, some rural residents now say state funds are needed to help fix the big economic and drug problems faced by small towns.
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Anthony Dooley, 32, successfully graduated from an addiction recovery program recently. He credits Cox's team with visiting him in the hospital and walking him through his options.
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Knocking On Doors To Get Opioid Overdose Survivors Into Treatment

Oct 24, 2018
Within days of an OD from opioids or other drugs, users in Huntington, W.Va., are visited by a quick-response team at home, the hospital or in jail. Reversing an OD is just recovery's first step.
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Nine-year-old Gabriella Santamaria holds up a picture of her uncle Stephen who died from a heroin overdose during a 2017 candlelight vigil for victims of drug addiction in Staten Island.
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Opioid Deaths May Be Starting To Plateau, HHS Chief Says

Oct 24, 2018
Overdose deaths started to level off near the end of 2017 and are "finally bending in the right direction," says Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, citing early data.
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Bridgewater State University campus police Detective Sergeant Robert McEvoy led the effort to place "Opiod Overdose Kits,"  containing the overdose reversal drug Narcan, to more than 70 locations on campus, including outdoor parking lots like this one.
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On College Campuses, Making Overdose Medication Readily Available

Oct 22, 2018
College campuses are growing increasingly concerned about how to keep students safe amid a national opioid crisis. Some schools provide free and easy access to drugs that can reverse an overdose.
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USDOJ Awards $1.7M To Reno To Address Opioids, Gun Violence

Oct 11, 2018

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has awarded the Reno Police Department a pair of grants totaling nearly $1.7 million to help combat opioid abuse and reduce gun violence.

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FBI Changing Las Vegas Billboard Campaign To Highlight Opioids

Oct 11, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The FBI in Las Vegas is replacing billboards seeking tips about human trafficking with signs seeking information about illegal and prescription distribution of opioid painkillers.

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City Of Las Vegas Votes To File Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers

Aug 02, 2018

The Las Vegas City Council voted Wednesday to file a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.

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An arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet, in New York. A new report finds a link between workforce participation and the prescription rate of opioids in the U.S.
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How The Opioid Crisis Is Depressing America's Labor Force

Jun 18, 2018
The U.S. lags behind other countries in workforce participation because more opioids are prescribed in this country, says a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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House Passes Legislation To Address Opioid Abuse At Work

Jun 14, 2018

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation, co-sponsored by Nevada Congresswoman Jacky Rosen, that would establish an Advisory Committee on Opioids and the Workplace.

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A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett, Wash., in November. Respondents in a Federal Reserve survey who knew someone who had been addicted to opioids were less likely to give the economy
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Opioid Crisis Takes A Toll On Economic Outlook For Many Americans, Fed Says

May 23, 2018
One out of five Americans say they personally know someone who has been addicted to opioids or prescription painkillers, according to a new report about the economic well-being of U.S. households.
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Have You Been Affected By Opioids? Tell Us Your Story

May 07, 2018
NPR is seeking to speak with those who have been impacted by the nation's opioid crisis. If you feel comfortable, please share your story with us.
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Medical Board Considering Loosening Restrictions On Over-Prescription Of Opioids

May 04, 2018

Tougher restrictions on the over-prescription of opioids might be alleviated if a panel of state medical examiners gets their way.

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Prince performs in 2009 at the Grand Palais in Paris. He died in 2016.
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Prince's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital, Pharmacy Chain

Apr 24, 2018
The pop superstar was treated for an overdose a week before his death. The suit contends that the hospital failed to realize the drug he was taking was a deadly counterfeit.
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Arlington, Mass., Police Chief Fred Ryan (right) and Inspector Gina Bassett review toxicology reports on cocaine evidence looking for the possibility of fentanyl.
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Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Becoming A Deadly Problem Among Drug Users

Mar 29, 2018
The powerful opioid fentanyl is showing up in batches of cocaine, threatening a new wave of opioid overdoses. Some doctors, drug users and law enforcement wonder if the contamination is deliberate.
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Gov. Sandoval Commends President's Efforts To Combat Opioid Crisis

Mar 20, 2018

Governor Brian Sandoval issued a statement commending President Donald Trump for his efforts to stop opioid abuse.

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Utah Pharmacies Gave Out Thousands Of Naloxone Doses In 2017

Mar 15, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State health officials say Utah pharmacies dispensed thousands of doses of the rescue medication used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.
 
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A young man uses heroin under a bridge in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, a neighborhood that has become a hub for heroin use. The economic costs of the epidemic are mounting, researchers say, as the U.S. loses more and more workers in their prim
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Cost Of U.S. Opioid Epidemic Since 2001 Is $1 Trillion And Climbing

Feb 13, 2018

Economists tracking federal mortality data say the opioid crisis is undercutting the productivity of people in their prime working years — 30s and 40s.

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On Jan. 10, President Trump signed into law the bipartisan Interdict Act, to give federal agents more tools to curtail opioid trafficking. But, after declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency last fall, Trump has been slow to request money fo
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Trump Says He Will Focus On Opioid Law Enforcement, Not Treatment

Feb 07, 2018
Opioids are a public health emergency, Donald Trump says, but he hasn't acted on the White House opioid commission's recommendations to expand treatment.
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