Tag: Opioid
Robert Bentley to announce creation of Alabama Council on Opioid Misuse...
As the opioid crisis continues to grow in Alabama, Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday will sign an executive order creating the Alabama Council on Opioid Misuse...
Alabama to participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
It's time to clean out the medicine cabinet — the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Considering Alabama has...
Alabama No. 1 in America for prescription opioid use
Alabama's use of prescription opioids reached the highest in the country last year — 5.8 million prescriptions were written in 2015.
Meanwhile, companies creating the prescription...
Martha Roby: Mental health, opioid bills advance
Congress took big steps this past week toward enacting legislation critical to addressing a few key national issues: the opioid epidemic and gaps in...
