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Missouri close to having a statewide prescription drug database
Missouri is closer than ever to joining every other state in having a statewide prescription drug database to flag possible…
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Mother, father charged in death of 2-year-old son
MISSION, Kan. (AP) – A mother and father have been charged with first-degree murder in the alleged drug overdose death…
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Major award to help Jasper County fight opioid epidemic
Some big money is coming to Jasper County – in the form of an $887,000 award from the United States…
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$25 million in SOR grant funding to help Missouri communities
Today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS), announced that…
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Data shows opioid overdose deaths down in Missouri
New data from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services shows that opioid overdose deaths decreased last year when…
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Rehder is hopeful 2020 will be the year PDMP passes in Missouri
(MissouriNet)- A southeast Missouri lawmaker is optimistic her prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) legislation will finally pass in 2020. State…
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Judge issues final order in Oklahoma opioid case
An Oklahoma judge who last summer ordered consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to help address…
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Fentanyl Maker Pleads Guilty To Bribing Doctors
A drug company subsidiary has pleaded guilty to fraud charges stemming from allegations that the manufacturer schemed to bribe doctors…
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Area Law Enforcement Hosting Drug Take Back Day
Don’t flush those old meds! Law enforcement agencies across the Four States will be collecting unused medications for safe disposal…
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Families Outraged Over OxyContin Settlement
A settlement with one drug maker in Oklahoma’s lawsuit against the nation’s leading manufacturers of opioid pain medications has been…
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