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A large share of construction workers in Missouri, southern Illinois and Kansas are being diagnosed with muscle and joint injuries each year, according to a large analysis of union health care data from Washington University, and many are prescribed opioid painkillers.
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St. Louis-based pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt on Monday filed for bankruptcy after years of lawsuits alleging the drug company shared blame for the opioid epidemic. State, local and tribal governments have sued Mallinckrodt and other opioid manufacturers, saying the companies pushed the painkillers to patients despite knowing how addictive and dangerous they were.
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The number of fatal opioid overdoses in St. Louis and St. Louis County in the first seven months of this year is 32% higher than in the same period in 2019. Black men in the region saw a 56% increase in the number of overdose deaths.
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Two St. Louis addiction treatment advocates have opened a 24-hour clinic that treats addiction and mental health problems using the urgent-care model.
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More often than not, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is associated with tracking drug cartels and arresting traffickers. But the law enforcement…
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The number of black men in St. Louis and St. Louis County who died of opioid drug overdoses increased between 2018 and 2019, even as those deaths declined…
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Legislation creating a statewide prescription drug monitoring program cleared its last major hurdle on Thursday — passing the Missouri Senate 21-10.The…
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The St. Louis County Health Department is distributing free bottles of an overdose antidote to save people addicted to opioids.The department announced…
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Editor's note: This story was originally published in the Belleville News-Democrat.GRANITE CITY — A 27-year-old man called 911 to send an ambulance to his…
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Public health officials in St. Louis are expanding their efforts to reduce opioid addiction statewide.The St. Louis County Department of Public Health…