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‘Faith Forums’ set in Alabama to confront crime, addiction
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The state is trying to get Alabama’s religious communities more involved in fighting crime ... Read more
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State And Nation
Surgeon general urges Americans to carry overdose antidote
ATLANTA (AP) — The nation’s chief doctor wants more Americans to start carrying the overdose antidote naloxone to ... Read more
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Clinton, Conway join forces in opioid battle
ATLANTA – The day started with one of Republican President Donald Trump’s top advisors, Kellyanne Conway, and ended ... Read more
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2 North Alabama teens charged in 2017 overdose death
GRANT — The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in connection with an overdose death that ... Read more
Lifestyles
Family: Tom Petty died of accidental drug overdose
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Petty’s family says his death last year was due to an accidental drug ... Read more
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Tom Petty died of accidental drug overdose, family says
(RNN) - Rocker Tom Petty died of an accidental drug overdose from taking a variety of medications to ... Read more
Cnhi Network
America’s opioid problem is so bad it’s cutting into U.S. life expectancy
Prosecutors in New York announced this week that an August drug raid yielded 140 pounds of fentanyl, the ... Read more
Cnhi Network
Attorneys general in Appalachia pressure, sue health insurers over opioids
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — The nation’s advancing opioid epidemic has officials and lawmakers in the most impacted states ... Read more
State And Nation
States ask insurers to prioritize non-opioid pain treatment
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — Attorneys general representing the majority of states asked health insurers Monday to encourage ... Read more
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As heroin ravages New York region, police scour overdose scenes for crime evidence
The option of going to federal court with such cases has prompted police to treat their responses to ... Read more