New national commission brings together leading experts to improve access to high-quality, patient-centered, evidence-based ...

Sen. Joe Manchin reacted favorably to the plan. — -- The White House Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis has asked President Donald Trump to “declare a national emergency ...

The Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis delivered its interim report to President Donald Trump Monday. The report contains several recommendations for how to address the ...

The President’s Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis issued its final report Nov. 1, detailing more than 50 recommendations on how the federal government can help address what ...

princeton – Creating an application process and a task force to make sure that opioid settlement money is spent effectively to combat local drug addiction and the problems it fuels is the aim of a ...

The Ward County Detention Center is seeing success with an opioid use disorder treatment program that has been the first of its kind among jails in the state. “We’re an emerging model for corrections ...

The Joint Commission has issued a sentinel event alert focused on hospitals’ safe use of opioids. Opioid analgesics rank among the drugs most frequently associated with adverse drug events. Opioids ...

I’m not against this concept, but as a board we have not really had a chance to discuss the use of these opioid funds.” ...

Resolutions authorizing over $300,000 of opioid fund grants were authorized Tuesday to help the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department and county rescue squads deal with overdoses and other addiction ...

Luzerne County Council is set to vote Tuesday on three opioid litigation settlement awards totaling $359,063, the agenda said. Council also will discuss a proposal to lease county-owned farmland to ...

The opioid crisis continues to be a large concern throughout Utah and the nation, although the hope is the funds being distributed following a settlement with pharmaceutical companies will make a big ...