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A prescription drug monitoring program in Kansas will receive a federal grant worth more than $736,000 to expand.The Kansas Board of Pharmacy oversees…
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Several members of a task force formed by Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer to address the opioid crisis claim his refusal to consider Medicaid expansion...
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Law enforcement officials in Sedgwick County and across Kansas will collect leftover medications on Saturday.Since the Drug Take-Back Day program started…
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Gov. Jeff Colyer is creating a task force to study ways to fight drug abuse in Kansas through prevention and treatment. He signed an executive order…
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Sedgwick County is considering filing a lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of opioids.Commissioners are looking at litigation as one way to…
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The Wichita Police Department is in the early stages of changing the way it tracks cases involving drug abuse.Capt. Dan East of the Wichita Police…
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For the first time in its annual survey of rural America, the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that mortality rates of working-age adults are on the…
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Anecdotal evidence from prosecutors across the state indicates opioid abuse is growing in Kansas, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said, but he urged…
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A prescription drug monitoring program in Kansas will receive a federal grant worth more than $178,000 to help fight the opioid crisis.The Kansas Board of…
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Kansas is among the 41 states that are working together to investigate companies that produce and distribute opioids. Deaths related to prescription…