Tuesday, the House passed the Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization (SUPPORT) Act of 2023 by a vote of 386 to 37.
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The Louisville Addiction Center officially opened Wednesday on East Market Street in NuLu.
There are some websites for parents to educate themselves and their children on the harmful effects of fentanyl.
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Tuesday night, employees at Baxter's 942 Bar & Grill in the Highlands got a lesson on how to administer the overdose reversal medication.
Federal, state and local authorities are going back to school to learn how to better combat the opioid epidemic.
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The increase was "driven largely by an increased use in fentanyl," which "accounts for approximately 70% of all overdose deaths for the year."
As part of the settlement, 30% of the funds are split evenly between local communities and the state with "no strings attached."
Each box is accessible 24 hours a day, and no personal interaction is required, according to a news release.
Indiana will receive more than $12.5 million as part of a multistate settlement with a consulting firm that worked with opioid manufacturers to promote addictive painkillers, the state's attorney general said Thursday.
The heroin and fentanyl capsules are estimated to be worth over $30,000, police say.