Pratt is President of the Ohio Council of Fraternal, Veterans & Service Organizations. It’s no longer a secret, the opioid epidemic which continues to touch the lives of loved ones across the ...

Funding is on the way to help fight the issue of opioids in the community. But how and when will that money be used in ...

Hamilton County is working with experts and people who've experienced addiction to decide how to spend opioid settlement ...

Keith Lewis disposes of used syringes at a needle exchange run by Camden Area Health Education Center in Camden, N.J., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker ...

1/5As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion ...

CLEVELAND -- From 1999 to 2021, more than 1 million people died in the United States from overdoses, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ohio had the seventh ...

We need to make the best use of the settlement funds to address the scourge of addiction and its staggering public health challenge, and, avoid using any of those funds ...

After months of deliberation that critics say was costing lives, the Connecticut Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee voted ...

West Virginia's local governments are soon expected to receive opioid settlement money. Approximately $1 billion in funds are set to be distributed, with about $73.5 million sent to local ...

A person signs in, center, as Jesse Johnson of the Family Resource Center, right, waits for client Tyler Baker to complete a random drug test at the Hancock County Adult Probation office in ...

Legal settlements could provide local and state governments $50 billion to fight the deadly U.S. opioid overdose crisis FINDLAY, Ohio -- Communities ravaged by America's opioid epidemic are ...