Money from the latest settlement agreement with Purdue Pharma will boost counties’ efforts to curb opioid addiction and overdoses, some of which have already led to innovative programs.

Dozens of harm reduction specialists and public health advocates staged a die-in at the New Jersey Statehouse Monday as ...

The private non-profit foundation created by the state and local governments to distribute opioid settlement dollars in West Virginia received an update Monday on its funding and grant programs. The ...

Sheriff Gerald Sticker says the new $250,000 X-ray scanner is part of a security overhaul in his first year on the job.

B OISE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — On Tuesday, Attorney General Raúl Labrador, along with 55 other attorneys general representing ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An Arkansas coalition has relaunched in its ongoing effort to fight opioid abuse in Arkansas. Together ...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy passed the state budget Monday night with just minutes to spare before midnight. One of the big ...

Mecklenburg County leaders are considering a plan to allocate millions to local resources in the fight against opioid addiction. Public documents show county leaders may double their investment in ...

A lawsuit alleging a scheme to redirect a Luzerne County allocation of $581,037 in opioid settlement funds has not affected ...

Montana communities, and the Meth Project is getting some of that funding. But, drug prevention experts say the program isn’t ...

The article ‘Die-In’ At NJ Statehouse Protests $45M Diversion Of Opioid Funds To Hospitals appeared first on Newark Patch.

New Jersey allocated $45 million in opioid settlement funds to four hospitals in a last-minute budget maneuver.