Opioid

A free Naloxone distribution program is relaunching after a few months of being on pause following legislative changes.

Gov. Brad Little marked National Fentanyl Awareness Day as opioid related deaths have nearly doubled in Idaho in the last decade.

Federal lawmakers on Tuesday heard from tribal and border patrol representatives in a hearing on how the opioid crisis is impacting Indigenous communities. Some witnesses advocated for the federal government to fully fund various Indigenous health services and one called for border policies that would stop the flow of drugs into these communities.

The United States has been battling the opioid epidemic for years, with much of the focus on medical doctors and how they prescribe these medications.…

The City of Twin Falls is joining a national lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, following an overwhelming vote by the city council Monday night. Twin…

2016 CDC guidelines regarding the prescription and discontinuation of opioid pain medications were initiated to curtail the growing addiction epidemic.…

A piece of legislation is advancing through Washington that would expand access to treatment for opioid addicts. Idaho Matters looks at the pending bill…

Idaho Matters revisits a discussion about confronting opioid addiction.A summer camp ... for adults.George Prentice discusses the Golden Age of the…

Idaho has one of the highest rates of overdose deaths related to opioid narcotics and on Wednesday's Idaho Matters we discuss various approaches to…

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