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Missouri retained its lonely title as the only state without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program — for the seventh year in a row — after the…
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Since February, patients in Illinois have been able to swap their opioid prescriptions for marijuana. And many are doing just that.
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A study of workplace injuries in 27 states, including Missouri and Illinois, shows 68% of injured workers in very rural areas received at least one opioid…
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Gateway to Better Health, a health care program for poor and uninsured people in St. Louis, will soon cover treatment for people addicted to opioids and…
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To measure how healthy a community is, health experts often look to life expectancy – how long a person is expected to live assuming no major…
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A St. Louis theater troupe is using a play that highlights drug addiction in the mid-1950s to combat the opioid crisis of today.This weekend, the Slaying…
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Updated at 3:45 p.m., Sept. 20, with comments from Surgeon General Jerome Adams — A nationwide campaign is needed to combat the opioid abuse epidemic that…
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St. Louis County will use federal grant money to offer medication-assisted treatment to some county jail inmates with opioid addictions.The county will…
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When Cody Goodwin, of Independence, Missouri, was 24, he had already been hooked on opioids, including heroin, for years. His sister decided jail was...
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The St. Louis County Council is planning to set up a special task force to tackle the region’s opioid problem, and is offering up to $1 million in grants…