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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird awarded $775,550 in opioid settlement funds to bring the surgery-prescribing program to eight more mostly rural hospitals.
Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness will close its Bangor detox services, saying MaineCare reimburses roughly 1.5 million dollars a year less than the care costs.
A Berks County jury found Jesus Martinez-Espinal guilty on nine counts of drug delivery resulting in death after a single-day overdose cluster in Reading in 2022.
Among 148 syringe program clients who had tried buprenorphine, 84% reported precipitated withdrawal, and severity predicted reluctance to try it again.
California is steering more than $21 million to 112 community organizations for naloxone distribution, peer navigation and prevention education through August 2027.
Rep. Steve Cohen introduced a six-title rewrite of the Controlled Substances Act that shifts scheduling to HHS, eases research rules and ends mandatory minimums.
Hawaii has drawn $51.4 million from opioid settlements and $36 million in federal grants while meth kills more than twice as many residents as opioids.
A federal judge blocked CMS guidance that narrowed who counts as medically frail, a category the law says must include people with substance use disorders.
Central City Concern closes Portland's Letty Owings Center on Oct. 31 after 37 years, as Oregon loses about 20 percent of residential beds for pregnant and parenting people.