Stories Tagged as
Opioid epidemic
As opioid crisis rages, Oregon must decide how to spend its settlement dollars
Mar 12, 2024
States are allocating hundreds of millions. Officials weigh spreading it among treatment, recovery, prevention and harm reduction.
Art as commodity versus art as protest
by
Ellen Rolfes
Jun 24, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #155
Where will the opioids settlement money go?
by
Ellen Rolfes
Jun 16, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #154
Private equity investment is flooding into addiction treatment. Is that a good thing?
by
Blake Farmer
Jan 25, 2023
When a new operator took over an addiction treatment center in Nashville, former employees say they saw cutbacks.
Prescription drugs are effective treatments for opioid addiction. Expanding access won't be easy.
Dec 7, 2022
Right now, only 5% of people battling opioid use disorder have access to the treatments. The Biden Administration wants universal access by 2025.
In opioid settlement, Native American tribes prove themselves as a legal force
by
Lily Jamali
Feb 3, 2022
The deal marks a shift in how tribes are treated when they seek financial restitution from corporations in the courts.
For public good, not for profit.
West Virginia foster parents say they need more support
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Roxy Todd
Oct 9, 2019
Roughly 5% of the state's babies are born with neonatal abstinence syndrome. Families taking them in say they feel unprepared for the task.
Inside West Virginia’s overwhelmed foster care system
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Roxy Todd
Oct 9, 2019
About 85% of the children in state custody have a parent who struggles with substance use disorder. The system is straining to care for them.
The opioid epidemic is killing Americans at work, and employers are taking notice
Sep 24, 2019
To battle opioid overdoses, experts want businesses to think of naloxone like an EpiPen.