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The wastewater at four Ozarks-area schools tested positive for having nitazenes, a potent synthetic opioid, state departments ...

More good news in the battle against opioid addiction. Scientists have reopened research into a class of opioids that were ...

Reductions in overall opioid prescribing and high-dose utilization followed the 2016 guidance, building on declines that ...

Stateline reports opioid overdose deaths have declined nearly 50% since 2023, driven by weaker fentanyl and increased ...

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The Marion County Public Health Department in Indianapolis has issued a warning to law enforcement and community partners ...

The opioid crisis has resulted in over 700,000 overdose deaths since its beginning, and in response, pharmaceutical companies ...

The number of opioid overdose deaths in Cook County dropped dramatically in 2024, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Last year in Cook County ...

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