Black Opioid Overdose Deaths Are Increasing Faster Than Whites, Study Finds Black communities face a growing share of overdoses, but addiction treatment resources and attention are still focused on white communities.
Some Health Workers Suffering From Addiction Steal Drugs Meant For Patients The Drug Enforcement Agency relies on hospitals to identify nurses and doctors who misuse drugs such as morphine and fentanyl. But "only a fraction of those who are diverting drugs are ever caught."
Coronavirus Crisis Spurs Access To Online Treatment For Opioid Addiction The federal government has waived a law that required an in-person doctor's visit before patients could be prescribed drugs that quell withdrawal symptoms. That's a boon for patients, counselors say.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle addiction clinic welcomes new methadone guidelines in wake of coronavirus Addiction treatment is considered an essential service during the stay-home order. Providers say social distancing rules could result in a silver lining for their patients.
All Things Considered In The Fight For Money For The Opioid Crisis, Will The Youngest Victims Be Left Out? The opioid epidemic is intergenerational, with tens of thousands of babies born every year dependent on opioids. Advocates worry lawsuits against the drug industry might overlook these children.
KUOW Newsroom Report: Giving naloxone to cops saves lives in Washington Twenty-one people are likely alive today because police officers in Thurston County were armed with a drug overdose reversal medicine, according to a new report by a University of Washington professor of public health.
Snohomish County Jail expands buprenorphine treatment to every eligible inmate. In Snohomish County Jail, inmates receive medication-assisted treatment and "brotherhood."
KUOW Newsroom Bellevue police arm themselves with Narcan to combat rise in overdoses Heroin and fentanyl are becoming a bigger problem in Bellevue, and now police are arming themselves with an overdose antidote
KUOW Newsroom Overdose medication to be available in Washington without prescription Washington health officials offer statewide standing order for naloxone. The order will allow any individual to get the overdose reversal medication from a pharmacy without a prescription.
