For people seeking medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder in some rural Washington communities, there could soon be more options. Recent grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been allocated to develop medication-assisted treatment (MAT) at rural clinics. Read More
Health Education Specialist Caitlin Rusche demonstrates how to administer Narcan during a training session Wednesday at the Latah Recovery Center. Photo by Zach Wilkinson/The Lewiston Tribune Listen According data, from… Continue Reading Idaho Adds Read More
New data from the CDC show more than 19,000 Americans died from drug overdoses during the first three months of 2020 with the country on pace to set a grim new record. Continue Reading Sharp Rise In Drug Overdose Deaths Seen During 1st Read More
Faced with a flood of addicted inmates and challenged by lawsuits, America's county jails are struggling to adjust to an opioid health crisis that has turned many of the jails into their area's largest drug treatment centers. Continue Read More
Idaho Governor Brad Little signed legislation into law Thursday aimed at reducing the number of opioid deaths in the state by making naloxone overdose reversal medication more available. Continue Reading New Idaho Law to Make Overdose Reversal Drug Read More
More than 70 people fell ill in or around a historic park in New Haven, near the Yale University campus. Police believe the synthetic cannabinoid K2 laced with fentanyl caused the rash of overdoses. Continue Reading Dozens Overdose In Read More