+4 ‘I couldn’t stop:â€� Help for compulsive gambling among Nevada’s Latino population is slim BRIAN PETERSHEIM JR. Cronkite News May 8, 2025 LAS VEGAS â€� As darkness swallowed the sky over Las Vegas, the neon glow of the Strip only grew. The bustle of the city’s nightlife began to ta…
Walgreens to pay $300 million in opioid settlement Reuters Apr 21, 2025 Walgreens has agreed to pay $300 million to settle prosecutors' allegations that it illegally filled millions of invalid prescriptions for opi…
Local News Alert Top Story Coconino County Sheriff's Office promotes Michael Vaughan to Exodus Treatment supervisor DAILY SUN STAFF Apr 4, 2025 Vaughan began his career with the sheriff's office in 2012 as an Exodus program technician.
+3 An ice rink to fight opioid crisis: Drug-free fun vs. misuse of settlement cash ANERI PATTANI KFF Health News Feb 26, 2025 A Kentucky county nestled in the heart of Appalachia, where the opioid crisis has wreaked devastation for decades, spent $15,000 of its opioid…
Purdue's Sacklers offer to hike contribution in new opioid settlement, WSJ reports Reuters Jan 13, 2025 The Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma are offering to increase their financial contribution to a bankruptcy settlement of opioid lawsuits…
Seattle to get additional homeless services within Third Avenue corridor By Spencer Pauley The Center Square Dec 29, 2024 Seattle’s Third Avenue corridor will received additional services for homeless and drug addiction in 2025.Â
Fatal drug overdoses in Oregon reached record level in 2023 By Ben Botkin Oregon Capital Chronicle Dec 14, 2024 Â More than 1,800 Oregonians died of drug overdoses in 2023, a rising trend that state leaders want to reverse with new programs to combat addiction.Â
Why aren’t more people talking about America’s alcoholism? JANE HILLSTROM Chicago Tribune Dec 12, 2024 I come from a family of alcoholics. Sarah, my first cousin, was the most recent to die of complications from alcoholism, at age 41. Before her…
Medicaid addiction treatment funding not slowing national deaths By Ben Botkin Oregon Capital Chronicle Nov 11, 2024 The federal government’s push to make Medicaid funding more flexible for drug addiction treatment in the last nine years has not stemmed the t…
Oregon to receive $40M in opioid settlement with Kroger By Ben Botkin Oregon Capital Chronicle Nov 7, 2024 Oregon will receive up to $40 million to fight and prevent drug addiction as part of a national opioid settlement with Kroger.Â
