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Westchester County says over $4.1 million dollars have been distributed to drug treatment, prevention and recovery programs across the county to tackle a growing opioid and overdose crisis in the ...
In Pennsylvania, there’s currently no single resource for people to see how counties and local governments plan to spend the money. But understanding the process can help you influence it.
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice announced a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing pharmacy chain CVS of filling illegal opioid prescriptions and billing federal health ...
Opioids have been a major problem in the U.S. since the late 1990s, with the deadliest stretch earlier this decade reaching more than 80,000 annually. The major causes have shifted from prescription pills to heroin to fentanyl and other lab-produced substances often added to other illicit drugs.
Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people.[3]The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals.
Nov. 1—WILKES-BARRE — The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) this week announced the availability of $2 million in funding to implement community-based prevention services ...
The settlements, which require a judge's approval, were disclosed in papers filed on Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco. The money is on top of $641.5 million that McKinsey already paid to ...
An oversight board rejected Lawrence County’s use of settlement funds for its coroner’s office but is still considering whether to allow similar programs in Chester and Lehigh counties.