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Bill would help rural areas battle opioid addiction
ATLANTA – A federal bill to help prevent opioid addiction, overdoses and deaths in rural communities is nearing ... Read more
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Bill would help rural areas battle opioid addiction
ATLANTA – A federal bill to help prevent opioid addiction, overdoses and deaths in rural communities is nearing ... Read more
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Colquitt County agrees to opioid settlement; Moultrie to consider it next month
MOULTRIE, Ga. — One portion of the massive national opioid lawsuit is nearing a conclusion, and local governments ... Read more
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Jury holds pharmacies responsible for role in opioid crisis
CLEVELAND (AP) — Three retail pharmacy chains recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties, ... Read more
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Ossoff, GOP’s Grassley team on opioid epidemic legislation
ATLANTA –– In a nation’s capital seemingly more hopelessly split by violent partisan rhetoric than ever, Georgia Democratic U.S. ... Read more
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Deal with OxyContin maker leaves families angry, conflicted
Among the families who lost children and other loved ones in the nation’s opioid crisis, many had held ... Read more
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4 companies on verge of settling US opioid lawsuits
The three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson are on the verge of ... Read more
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UPDATE: Some Colquitt County officials don’t see opioids as major local problem
Editor’s note: This article was updated at 4:00 p.m. April 12 to include overdose cases reported by Colquitt ... Read more
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VSU grant initiates opioid addiction project
VALDOSTA, Ga. — Valdosta State University’s Dr. Josphine Chaumba has been given a grant to tackle a pressing ... Read more
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Health chief warns of drug overdose increase during pandemic
ATLANTA — Emergency departments are seeing an increase in suspected drug-overdoses throughout Georgia, leading officials to believe COVID-19 ... Read more