More than 26,000 pounds of prescription medications were collected during the Oct. 27, 2018, Arkansas Drug Take Back Day. “The Prescription Drug Take Back days are an important piece of my collaborative approach to combatting the opioid crisis,” said Arkansas Attorney
By Eric Francis | Photography by Jamison Mosley (AMP: Arkansas Money & Politics) How expensive is the opioid crisis? Good question. The pills can be $80 on the street, the overdose remedy $125 per application and treatment programs up to
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson issued a Proclamation this morning making today (October 24, 2018) as the “Opioid Awareness Day in Arkansas.” Governor Hutchinson said the opioid epidemic is “One of the deadliest drug epidemics in American history, affecting every sex, race, class,