A former heroin addict recently visited Platte County jail to share her personal story about addiction and substance abuse with female inmates. Francine Ward, an author, motivational speaker, and San Francisco attorney, insisted on meeting with the inmates to inspire and steer them toward staying clean following their sentences. While incarceration forces inmates to become …
Visits to Kansas City emergency rooms that were linked with prescription opioid abuse leaped from nine in 2004 to 64 in 2013, says the Kansas City Health Department. Since the early 1990s the amount of opioid prescriptions filled at U.S. drugstores has tripled, totaling enough to put pills in the hands of every adult in …
An estimated 27,000 people die from opioid overdoses in the U.S. every year, according to a report published by The National Heroin Task Force. In an effort to combat the state’s opioid and heroin epidemic, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas is prioritizing the prosecution of local drug traffickers who deal in …
Local opioid addicts who seek addiction treatment at rehab centers in Kansas have access to medication-assisted treatments that can help them overcome opioid dependence. These treatments, which involve the use of FDA-approved medications methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone, help addicts stop using opioids by minimizing cravings and withdrawal symptoms. At a recent summit in Northland on …
Law enforcement agencies in Kansas are seeking an emergency ban on a new synthetic opioid drug linked to at least 50 deaths across the U.S. The drug, which is called U-47700, is produced in a lab and said to be nearly eight times more potent than morphine. Due to the potency of U-47700, addiction to …
Every year, 1,000 people in Kansas and Missouri die from an opioid overdose. The opioid drug class includes the illicit drug heroin, and prescription drugs that treat chronic pain such as codeine, morphine, and fentanyl. Due to the rise in opioid overdose rates, drug rehab centers in Kansas are asking for extra funding that can …
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