Santa Rosa County invests $1.2M in settlement funds to fighting opioid crisis
Santa Rosa County will spend opioid settlement dollars to help people jailed for drug crimes continue treatment and recovery ...
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Addressing rising opioid deaths among seniors citizens in the Tampa Bay area
New data from the Florida Department of Health and FDLE shows seniors in the Tampa Bay region are dying at higher rates from ...
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Santa Rosa County invests $1.2M in settlement funds to fighting opioid crisis
Santa Rosa County's initial settlement was $1,188,346 Santa Rosa ... released data in 2022 that ranked this region as the deadliest in Florida for opioid-related deaths. At a 2023 press ...
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Crisis Center of Tampa Bay's new paramedicine program will support opioid recovery
RELATED: Hillsborough County is accepting applications for opioid settlement money projects “Making sure ... This surge of overdoses sparked the creation of Florida’s Coordinated Opioid Recovery ...
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Lamont wants to sidestep law to dip into opioid settlement funds
The 2022 law, which created the Connecticut Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee, was inspired by model legislation offered up by President Joe Biden’s administration and was meant to ensure ...
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‘It changes at one person at a time:’ Applications open for Forsyth Co. Opioid Settlement and Behavioral Health Funds
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE COUNTY’S OPIOID SETTLEMENT AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FUNDS. KELLY KENDALL IS IN WINSTON-SALEM WITH HOW THAT MONEY IS WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY. FORSYTH COUNTY IS SET TO ...
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Mass. communities fought for opioid settlements but aren’t spending the money
Massachusetts cities and towns are sitting on $84 million dollars in opioid settlement funds. Some communities have yet to spend any of the funding they've received from lawsuits meant to address ...
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Oregon board rejects Gov. Tina Kotek’s request to direct all opioid settlement funds to harm reduction
A state board overrode a request from Gov. Tina Kotek to spend the entirety of Oregon’s national opioid settlement money over the next two years on harm reduction services and supplies ...
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How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade − and what may be behind a recent downturn
The opioid settlement, a multibillion-dollar payment from the pharmaceutical industry to resolve legal actions against them, has led to increased funding in Philadelphia for naloxone and ...
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Child welfare agencies are buckling under staffing shortages as Pa. debates using opioid money to help
Ed Mahon reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2024 Data Fellowship and received engagement mentoring and funding. Spotlight PA is an ...
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Bitter Pill: America's opioid crisis rumbles on despite the Sackler's Settlement
It’s based on an opioid called oxycodone – which is stronger ... in the region of $11-13 billion from the company. Does this settlement bring an end to the saga? Not really – the Sacklers ...
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Sonoma County Allocates $12.7 Million from Opioid Settlement to Combat Drug Crisis
Sonoma County's fight against the opioid epidemic takes a financial leap forward as the Board of Supervisors gave the green light to allocate millions from a massive settlement with opioid ...