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Stories related to: opioid addiction

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Health Care

Tribal Lands To Get Funding Boost To Curb Opioid Crisis

March 9, 2018 | Sammy Caiola

California is investing in new medication and physician training for American Indian communities.

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Is Telemedicine The Next Tool for Combatting Opioids?

August 17, 2017 | Sammy Caiola

Following President Trump's declaration of a national opioid crisis, California health leaders discuss telemedicine as a solution to the problem.

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Plumas Schools Weigh Response To Opioid Epidemic

June 15, 2017 | Ali Budner

Plumas County has California's highest death rate from prescription opioid overdoses. This year the state made it legal for schools to stock the overdose reversal drug, but that might be easier said than done in Plumas.

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California Boosts Access to Opioid Addiction Treatments

April 28, 2017 | Sally Schilling

The state aims to boost support for physicians to prescribing opioid addiction treatment drugs.

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Feds Grant Nevada $5.6 Million To Combat Opioid Crisis

April 28, 2017

Nevada is receiving $5.6 million from the federal government to combat an opioid crisis largely stemming from addiction to prescription painkillers.

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Nevada To Launch Program For Inmates With Opioid Addictions

March 15, 2017

The Nevada Department of Corrections has announced it is launching a program to combat opiate addiction in two state prisons.

Health Care

McCarty Bill Aimed At Fighting Opioid Addiction

March 1, 2017 | Steve Milne

Democratic State Assemblymember Kevin McCarty of Sacramento wants to impose a one-cent per milligram surcharge on prescription opioids. The fee would pay for drug addiction prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programs.

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