Counties and cities across Arkansas are poised to hold accountable the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies over their misleading and deceptive marketing of prescription opioid painkillers. In a unique and strategic move, the Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC), Arkansas Municipal League
The 2018 kickoff of the Opioid Prevention Education Summit was held on the campus of Arkansas State University at Mountain Home today (1/23/2018) in an effort to increase awareness of the opioid epidemic in Arkansas, as well as to enhance
As the opioid crisis grows, states are opening Medicaid to alternative medicine By Casey Ross STAT (January 17, 2018) The quickest way to erase pain is to give patients an opioid. But a rise in prescriptions has fueled a national epidemic of fatal
RUTLEDGE REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS Says, ‘Arkansans should be able to trust that the medications they are being prescribed will help cure their ailments’ Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has reached a settlement, along with attorneys general from
By: STEPHANIE SHARP (KARK Ch.4 News) MAYFLOWER, Ark. – The opioid crisis is a growing issues across the country and right here in Arkansas. More and more law enforcement agencies are now carrying Narcan. It blocks the effect of the
The Washington Post (12/21, Ingraham, 11.19M) reports the opioid epidemic escalated in 2016, “driven by an unprecedented surge in deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opiates,” according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “More than 42,000 Americans died
(Reuters) – Life expectancy in the United States dipped in 2016 as the number of deaths due to opioid drug overdoses surged and total drug overdose deaths rose 21 percent to 63,600, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid The Straight Dope for Parents By Joseph A. Califano Jr. “I was so lost when my son became addicted – I didn’t know where to start. If I had a book like How to Raise a
Watch the video here: http://www.thv11.com/news/health/city-of-hot-springs-joins-lawsuit-against-pharmaceutical-companies-over-opioid-abuse/500839294 Brejamin Perkins, KTHV 9:23 PM. CST December 19, 2017 The opioid crisis across the nation and here in Arkansas continues to strike conversation and concern. Tonight, the city of Hot Springs may be next in
From: KATV Ch. 7 News www.katv.com LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A coalition of Arkansas municipalities has filed a federal lawsuit against some of the world’s biggest opioid manufacturers and distributors, accusing the companies of creating a public health crisis in