Access to anti-addiction and anti-overdose drugs has improved a year into the program. Secretary Xavier Becerra marked the one-year anniversary of the Department of Health and Human Services’…
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CDC Eases Rules on Opioids
Officials say that legal enforcement only fuels the opioid crisis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a 200-page report with new recommendations to relax restrictions…
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Major Drug Retailers Settle Opioid Lawsuits
CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens resolve thousands of lawsuits with $13.8 billion in total. CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart moved to resolve thousands of lawsuits this week that had been…
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CBP Seizes 19 Bricks of Fentanyl
Nearly 45 pounds were discovered in a tractor-trailer. Customs and Border Protection found 19 bricks of what they suspected to be fentanyl while inspecting a commercial tractor-trailer at…
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Justice Department Addresses Substance Abuse
$340 million in grants is being awarded. The Office of Justice Programs at the Department of Justice announced Friday that it had awarded more than $340 million to…
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A congressional committee also issues a report regarding the 2021 data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an updated opioid addiction report this week, documenting the…
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President Announces Funding to Address Opioid Overdoses
Government data shows one life is lost every five minutes. On Friday, President Biden announced that the Department of Health and Human Services would distribute $1.5 billion to…
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CBP Seizes Hundreds of Thousands More Fentanyl Pills
A portion of the smuggled pills look like candy. Customs and Border Protection officers in Arizona found thousands of rainbow-colored fentanyl pills smugglers tried to bring into the…
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Trailer with Fentanyl, Cocaine Seized at Border
CBP made the bust at Nogales port of entry. A trailer filled with 1.67 million fentanyl pills, 114 pounds of cocaine, 13 pounds of heroin, and 2 pounds…
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CDC Finds At-Home Opioid Addiction Treatment Effective
Did not create more opioid deaths, but healing During the pandemic, methadone clinics allowed those with opioid addiction to administer methadone to themselves at home. Government researchers from…
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