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In rural Wyoming County, Ann Reed is the sheriff’s department’s only social worker.
The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners approved a contract for health care services for the Department of Corrections' inmate and patient population.
The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office has been approved to use $92,000 of the county’s Opioid Settlement Funds to ...
Baltimore City won millions in settlements and awards after taking on pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid ...
Massachusetts experienced a more than 36 percent decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2024, the state Substance ...
Massachusetts experienced a more than 36% decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2024, the state Substance Addiction Services Bureau reported Wednesday.
There were 498 opioid overdose deaths in the third quarter last year, the lowest number of deaths in a single quarter since ...
In Nigeria, suicide rates have been rising steadily, yet we don’t talk about it nearly enough. It’s still covered in silence and shame. One of the most heartbreaking parts is that many of these deaths ...
Use of opioid settlement funds took centerstage at a recent meeting of the Mercer County Commission. Local EMS workers said ...
First responders in Vancouver can now administer a life-saving medication used to treat opioid-use disorder, following the ...
Black patients presenting to the emergency department for an opioid overdose are less likely to receive outpatient referrals for opioid use disorder.
An opioid-restricting protocol that includes education and a postoperative analgesic prescription significantly reduces the ...