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Opioid-Free Surgery Aims to Prevent Opioid Addiction
Florida is reporting a 42% drop in opioid deaths but doctors say preventing opioid addiction before it begins is still the harder fight. One orthopedic surgeon out in Jupiter in Florida now takes that fight into the operating room by helping patients recover from joint replacement without ever taking an opioid. This latest development provides …
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UAB Researchers Get $5.3M Grant to Fight Fentanyl Crisis
As overdose deaths tied to the fentanyl crisis continue to devastate families across Alabama and the nation, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have landed a major federal grant to test a low-cost prevention tool that could save lives before an overdose ever happens. The grant comes at a timely moment. Alabama already …
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Fentanyl Vaccine Could Stop Opioid Overdoses Before They Start
A new experimental fentanyl vaccine could change how Americans fight their deadliest drug crisis by stopping opioid overdoses. Instead of treating an overdose after it happens, they can potentially stop the drug from ever reaching the brain. For the millions living with opioid addiction, and the families devastated by it, this study by the Scripps …
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How Kentucky Is Spending $1B to End Opioid Addiction
Twenty Kentucky counties are banding together to tackle the opioid crisis head-on, and they have nearly $1 billion in settlement money to work with. The Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) has launched its Opioid Solutions Network, a first-of-its-kind cohort designed to help local governments turn settlement funds into real, on-the-ground recovery programs that reach people …
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California Prisons Increase Naloxone Access for Inmates
The opioid crisis continues to drive overdose deaths nationwide, and one of the largest correctional systems in the country is responding with a major harm-reduction push. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has rolled out one of the nation’s most extensive naloxone distribution programs to reverse overdoses among incarcerated people and those reentering …
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Cherokee Nation Fights Opioid Crisis by Reclaiming Its Culture
For the Cherokee Nation, healing from opioid addiction means more than detox and medication. It means bringing culture back into the room. A new tribally owned treatment center opening in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, will be the first of its kind for the nation’s largest federally recognized tribe, funded by settlement money won from the companies that …
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Oklahoma Lawmakers Move to Get Opioid Funds to Rural Areas
Nearly $1 billion in funds is meant to fight opioid addiction in Oklahoma is flowing mostly to cities, and now state lawmakers and officials want to step in to make sure rural communities battling the overdose epidemic stop getting left behind. Oklahoma’s urban population has a wide selection of opioid treatment programs, ranging from inpatient …
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AI Opioid Risk Screening Tools Wrong 92 Percent of the Time
The advanced AI screening tools doctors and pharmacies rely on to identify patients at risk of opioid addiction may be doing more harm than good. AI has flagged the wrong people while missing thousands who genuinely need help. A landmark new study found that AI-powered opioid risk scoring systems produce false positives at an alarming …
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Iowa Boosts Opioid Addiction Funding for Treatment and Recovery
Iowa officials are stepping up the fight against opioid addiction with a new round of competitive funding totaling $10 million. The grants target various treatment gaps and recovery barriers that have left too many Iowans without help. Iowa already has a wide range of treatment options for residents of all ages and backgrounds. The Hawkeye …
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White House Warns of New Synthetic Opioid Deadlier Than Fentanyl
Officials have uncovered a new synthetic opioid stronger than fentanyl spreading through the illicit drug supply and killing people before many communities even know it exists. The opioid crisis now has a new front-line threat: cychlorphine, a powerful synthetic orphine. Federal officials now sound the alarm for the first time with an emergency drug threat …
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