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Overdose Deaths Fell 12.1% in Latest CDC Provisional Data
New Hampshire is set to receive nearly $30 million as part of a nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma. State officials say the money will go directly toward opioid addiction treatment, recovery support and prevention programs. For families still grieving losses from the epidemic, the announcement marks one of the largest single infusions of opioid recovery …
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Fentanyl Deaths Spur Louisiana Families to Take Action
The fentanyl crisis has left a trail of grieving families across Louisiana, and some of them now turn that grief into prevention. To be clear, the Bayou State already offers many programs to combat substance abuse, from neighborhood Narcotics Anonymous chapters to modern inpatient medical programs. Despite the many successes, the toll remains large. Now, …
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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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Opioid Addiction Linked to Hidden Fungal Infection Risk
Folks living with opioid addiction face a danger many never expected, that of lethal fungal infections inside the same needles used to deliver their doses. A new university study based in Ohio has found that the illicit drug supply fueling the opioid crisis had contaminates far more than narcotics. Residents out in Ohio have a …
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Opioid Addiction Treatment Gets $30M Boost in New Hampshire
New Hampshire is set to receive nearly $30 million as part of a nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma. State officials say the money will go directly toward opioid addiction treatment, recovery support and prevention programs. For families still grieving losses from the epidemic, the announcement marks one of the largest single infusions of opioid recovery …
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San Francisco Shows Progress Fighting Opioid Addiction
San Francisco community leaders and recovery advocates gathered in the South of Market neighborhood this week to mark a turning point in the city’s opioid addiction crisis, pointing to fewer visible signs of public drug use after a year-long push to shift away from tolerance and toward treatment and accountability. The Golden State of California …
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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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