The Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council is raising awareness about the increased number of opioid overdose deaths in the year 2020. According to the CDC There were over 81,230 drug overdose deaths in the United States in the 12 months ending in May 2020, The largest number ever recorded for a 12-month period. In the state of Alabama Drug…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – A new program is being developed to address the opioid problem in parts of west Alabama. A statement from the University of Alabama says a team of researchers and others has gotten a $200,000 federal planning grant for a tele-health network to help fight opioid addiction and deaths. The group will work in Franklin, Marion, Walker…
Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced that the State of Alabama has filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, Purdue Frederick Company and Rhodes Pharmaceuticals, the makers and sellers of prescription opioid pain medications, including the brand name drugs OxyContin, MS Contin, Dilaudid/Dilaudid HP, Butrans, Hysingla ER, and Targiniq ER, as well as generic opioids. According to a statement from Marshall’s…
