Douglas County is taking steps to prevent drug overdose related deaths with a new program, the Douglas County Overdose...
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50 State Telehealth Report Shows Slowing Reform Progress: But Idaho, Louisiana & Utah Stand Out
/ USAIn 2023, state legislative progress on reforming telehealth laws stalled, with a few exceptions. Even as many public health...
Nevada Attorney General Announces Litigation to Address Harms Caused by Social Media Platforms to Nevada’s Youth
/ Nevada, USAToday, Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced his office, in conjunction with the law firms of Nachawati Law Group;...
The legislature could alter existing law to allow certain entities to offer sterile needles to drug users The proposed...
CA: Doctors are as vulnerable to addiction as anyone: California grapples with a response
/ California, USAAs addiction and overdose deaths command headlines across the nation, the Medical Board of California, which licenses MDs, is...
State to receive about $75 million within two decades There were 28 drug overdose deaths in Yellowstone County in...
The state’s Department of Health and Human Services has authorized all pharmacies in the state to dispense nalmefene, a...
Tennessee lawmaker files bill to import medicine from Canada to cut taxpayers’ cost
/ Tennessee, USAA Tennessee lawmakerhas filed legislation that would establish a Canadian drug importation program in Tennessee. Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis,...
Massachusetts, other states make moves to legalize indicators of contamination by potent, deadly synthetic opioid The Massachusetts state Senate voted...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking federal regulators to take action on an over-the-counter substance known as “gas...
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