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As fentanyl use spikes, feds urge states to ease methadone rules

Ever since the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl began showing up in the illicit drug supply in 2014, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has skyrocketed — exceeding all other accidental deaths, including car crashes and gun violence.

Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022

Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Andrea Storjohann is glad to see that she’s becoming less of a rarity in rural America.

Tribune News Service · Dec 4, 2022

Overcoming addiction in rural America

Health care workers are being encouraged to prescribe buprenorphine for patients overcoming opioid addiction

Salon · Dec 2, 2022

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Kentucky to receive more than $3.6 Million in federal funds for suicide prevention

The Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention grant is awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

WEKU · Oct 5, 2022

Consumer Health: Addiction and recovery

September is National Recovery Month, a national observation in partnership between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Faces & Voices of Recovery.

Tribune News Service · Sep 28, 2022

Why opting out of opioids can be dangerous in the operating room

Currently, patients in seven states can tell their physicians they don’t want to be treated with opioids in any health care setting, even during surgery. While unnecessary opioid exposure is a big reason behind the opioid epidemic in the U.S., we believe that non-opioid directives that allow patients to opt…

The Conversation · Jun 10, 2022

Biden gives states millions to improve suicide prevention lifeline

WASHINGTON — As part of a Biden administration push to expand mental health resources, the Department of Health and Human Services is awarding nearly $105 million to 54 states and territories to help states transition from the 10-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to a simpler “988” dialing…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 19, 2022

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