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Kentucky hospitals are helping turn the tide on the opioid crisis

  • Melanie Landrum

When a Kentucky woman called an emergency department earlier this year, she wasn’t asking whether treatment was available. Through tears, she was asking whether anyone would judge her for needing it. She had been referred to the hospital for help managing opioid withdrawal but was afraid to walk through the doors. A peer support specialist […]

Illinois

Cops can’t skip woman’s suit over ecstasy overdose from pills stuck in body

  • Scott Holland | Legal Newsline

A federal judge won’t dismiss a complaint from the family of a woman who is now cognitively impaired after she suffered an overdose-induced cardiac arrest while in custody, injuries they blame on Chicago police officers who allegedly failed to notice one of 27 ecstasy pills lodged inside her vagina.

Florida

Florida targets 7-OH products with emergency rule

  • Merrilee Gasser | The Center Square contributor

(The Center Square) – A new emergency rule signed this week will more strictly regulate products containing 7-OH in Florida.