Drug overdoses and deaths are increasing in Alabama. Knowing how to identify and treat an overdose could save a...
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The grant is being used to fund a six-month Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program. Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded...
Alabama prison officials could soon see a portion of a national opioid lawsuit settlement help reduce abuse and violence...
Megan Dunn, who has struggled with addiction since her teens, points to the moment her life went “deeply downhill.”...
AL: Dangerous opioid considered a hundred times more potent than fentanyl found in Walker County
/ Alabama, USA“Carfentanil is a hundred times more potent than fentanyl. Walker County Sheriff’s Office deputies say they’re seeing an opioid on...
Alabama looks to spend initial $10 million from opioid settlement on addiction treatment
/ Alabama, USAA bill introduced in the Alabama legislature will send most of this year’s $10 million opioid settlement payment to...
The Alabama Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday morning that creates mandatory minimum sentences for possession of fentanyl. The...
Alabama hospitals have seen an uptick in reports of overdoses of the synthetic drug Tianeptine over the past few...
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