by Kate Krug | Dec 10, 2019 | Recent News
Turns out that a single opioid crisis doesn’t actually exist. This year over 70,000 Americans have died in four distinct opioid epidemics, each bringing death through different drugs and regions. Read More.
by Kate Krug | Dec 9, 2019 | Recent News
Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are hoping to increase ranks in fighting the opioid epidemic through the introduction of their bipartisan bill the Opioid Workforce Act of 2019 (S.2892). Read More.
by Kate Krug | Dec 8, 2019 | Recent News
A University of Minnesota study found that women bring home more prescribed opioids than they need after giving birth. The study, which was published last month, analyzed medical records from six hospitals across the country to show that physicians generally send 75...
by Kate Krug | Dec 6, 2019 | Recent News
It was also the decade we finally started treating drug addiction like a disease, spurred by an overdose epidemic that ravaged white, rural America. Read More.
by Kate Krug | Dec 3, 2019 | Recent News
Mortality rates are rising in Minnesota, caused by a combination of an aging population and a rise in so-called “deaths of despair.” Read More.
