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Earlier this year, Safe Streets received funding from the city of Wichita to distribute naloxone kits to help prevent even more opioid-related deaths.
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The kits will be distributed in areas considered to be “overdose hotspots,” which the city has identified as being along the Broadway corridor and West Kellogg.
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In 2021, the county recorded more than 200 overdose deaths compared to 162 in 2020, according to the Regional Forensic Science Center.
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Long seen as a crisis afflicting rural communities, the opioid epidemic in recent years has surged in Black communities.
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TOPEKA, Kansas — More than two dozen cities and counties across Kansas have sued the opioid industry, from a small town with a population of 150 near...
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This story was updated at 10 a.m. on Sept. 12, 2019, to reflect comments from the Bureau of Prisons. The federal Bureau of Prisons will provide opioid...
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A newly released database shows that Leavenworth County, Kansas, had one of the highest concentrations of opioid pills per person in the United States...
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The Regional Forensic Science Center is getting new equipment to help identify opioid drugs that are circulating in south-central Kansas.Sedgwick County…
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Kansas lawmakers have rejected proposals to legalize medical cannabis in recent years. With a new governor in office, a bipartisan group of legislators is…
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Sedgwick County is adding a new full-time position within the Sheriff’s Office to work on the growing problem of jail inmates who have drug or alcohol…