NY paramedics could get a tool to help opioid abusers break the habit
Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...
The Gazette2d
State: Cedar Rapids nurse stole and consumed patients’ morphine while on duty
A Cedar Rapids nursing home where a registered nurse was reportedly stealing and then consuming residents’ painkillers while ...
Racial disparities in opioid prescriptions persist despite socioeconomic factors
Non-white communities had significantly less access to opioid medications commonly prescribed for moderate to severe pain than white communities over the decade beginning in 2011, according to a study ...
KSL2d
Police seize drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl, arrest father and son in Provo
A father and son in Provo were arrested after police say a package being shipped outside the United States containing ...
Augusta Free Press6d
Complaint: Walgreens fueled opioid crisis, ignored red flags, filled unlawful prescriptions
The Justice Department has filed a complaint against Walgreens for dispensing millions of opioid prescriptions with clear ...