opioids

A majority of overdose deaths in the county are among white people, but it’s also the population seeing the largest decrease.

The board has paused further allocating the state's settlement funds as a result of the legislature's actions.

In Alabama, a debate is happening over whether to invest in technology to guide long-term decisions on how to spend opioid settlement dollars or to focus on immediate needs of people in addiction.

The Good Samaritan bill is one of the latest measures proposed to help curb rising overdose deaths in the state, mostly due to fentanyl.

The state of Kansas expects to receive more than $340 million over the next 18 years from opioid settlement funds.

Vending machines have become one of the latest tools in the fight against the opioid crisis.

Some state and local governments have started tapping in to opioid settlement funds for law enforcement expenses. Many argue it should go toward treating addiction instead.

In 2022, Sedgwick County recorded more than 300 overdose deaths, with most of those being fentanyl-related.

Wichita and Sedgwick County are the first city and county in Kansas to pool their funds from the opioid settlements.

Increased enforcement efforts coupled with harsher penalties for distributing fentanyl is common in just about every state as legislators react to the growing number of overdose deaths.