opioid addiction

Alabama’s Central Data Repository says over sixteen thousand Alabama residents were treated for substance abuse in 2021. Close to two thousand of those were in Baldwin County. Limited resources also make recovery even harder in south Alabama. Most of the leaders in local recovery have been there themselves.

With an expected medical marijuana proposal approaching next month, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has already objected to putting it into law.In…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama is getting $6.3 million in federal funding to help fight opioid addiction.The U.S. Department of Health and…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A new program is being developed to address the opioid problem in parts of west Alabama.A statement from the University of Alabama…

A former federal prosecutor is raising concerns that Alabama’s proposed crackdown on the synthetic opioid fentanyl could end up putting low-level users…

Several of Alabama’s government heads have announced their plan for fighting the opioid epidemic currently gripping the state.The Alabama Opioid Overdose…

Hospitals in Alabama as well as Mississippi are suing more than a dozen drug manufacturers, claiming they deceptively marketed and sold dangerous…