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Black and brown Americans less likely to get treatment for opioid addiction
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The COVID-19 pandemic caused racial disparities in access to treatment for opioid use disorder, a new study shows. Black and brown Americans were less likely to seek treatmJuly 5, 2022
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Opioid outreach, education at center of community “Understand the Can” workshops
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Opioid overdose and death rates are growing, but the ethnic breakdown shows the black community has seen a more aggressive spike, according to data from the state. An IndyMay 31, 2022
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Dr. Adams: ‘Insanity of inaction’ adding to opioid overdose deaths
(WISH) — An often and overused saying is that the definition of insanity is doing the same things, but expecting different results. By any objective measure, opioid overdose deaths were a publicMay 18, 2022
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Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Danielle Russell was in the emergency department at an Arizona hospital last fall, sick with COVID-19, when she made the mistake of answering completely when she was asked what mApril 9, 2022
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Feds find Indiana program discriminated against nurses taking opioid meds
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Justice Department has found that the Indiana State Board of Nursing violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Nursing Board prevented nurses who take medicatioMarch 25, 2022
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Purdue Pharma, US states agree to new opioid settlement
(AP) — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a settlement Thursday over its role in the opioid crisis that includes virtually all U.S. states and thousands of local governments, with the SacklMarch 3, 2022
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J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday, an announcement that clears tFebruary 25, 2022
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CDC to loosen guidelines on prescribing opioid pain medication
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Centers for Disease Control is loosening its guidance for prescribing opioid pain medication for the first time in six years. The agency’s previous guidelines wFebruary 10, 2022
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Report: New strategy for opioids and a Cabinet-level leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. needs a nimble, multipronged strategy and Cabinet-level leadership to counter its festering overdose epidemic, a bipartisan congressional commission advises. With vastly pFebruary 8, 2022