Recovering addicts in Routt County to benefit from expanded treatment program
Steamboat Pilot, May 2019 – Gov. Polis signed a bill into law that will expand a medication-assisted treatment program to help people...Learn More
Colorado’s new U.S. attorney wants law enforcement to treat overdose deaths as homicides as he focuses on opioids
Jason Dunn, appointed by President Trump, laid out some of his office’s redoubled tactics in an interview with The Colorado Sun —...Learn More
Steamboat locals to testify for state-funded addiction treatment program at state Capitol
Colorado lawmakers are attempting to pass a bill that would provide medication-assisted treatment programs to addicts across the state. The bill unanimously...Learn More
Primary Care and the Opioid-Overdose Crisis — Buprenorphine Myths and Realities
New England Journal of Medicine – Despite widespread awareness of the opioid-overdose crisis, the epidemic continues to worsen. In 2016, there were...Learn More
First job for Colorado Senate president: Helping southern Colorado battle opioids
First bill often indicates state lawmakers’ top priority Denver Post, January 4, 2019 – State Senate President Leroy Garcia wants to rapidly...Learn More
Suboxone Patient Wins Lawsuit
In Maine, as in most other states in the U.S., patients on medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder weren’t allowed to take...Learn More
Historic legislation aimed at addressing the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic passes House and Senate
Historic legislation aimed at addressing the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic has now passed both the House and Senate and is expected to...Learn More
We’re failing in the opioid crisis. A new study shows a more serious approach would save lives.
The study suggests a comprehensive approach is needed — one that goes way further than what America has done so far. via...Learn More
Facing Addiction in America
The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids The opioid misuse and overdose crisis touches everyone in the United States. In 2016, we lost...Learn More
Medicare Is Cracking Down on Opioids. Doctors Fear Pain Patients Will Suffer.
New York Times Officials are close to limiting doses of the painkillers, but doctors say doing so could put older patients into...Learn More