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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Opioids, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 406stories have been published about Opioids which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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5 Arrested in Manitoba Drug Bust that Turned up Dozens of Guns, Cocaine and Opioids

Opioids · Winnipeg

5 Arrested in Manitoba Drug Bust that Turned up Dozens of Guns, Cocaine and Opioids

70% Left coverage: 10 sources

A joint investigation involving the Winnipeg Police Service and Manitoba RCMP lead to the arrest of five people and the seizure of cocaine and guns.See the Story

Local Jail Awarded Grant to Help Inmates with Addiction Treatment

Local Jail Awarded Grant to Help Inmates with Addiction Treatment

90% Center coverage: 10 sources

A round of grants, $2.3 million, is headed to jails across the state to help sheriffs prioritize addiction treatment for inmates. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that these current grants, awarded to 13 jails serving a combined 18 counties, expands the program’s reach to 26 counties statewide. With the latest payments, the total amount awarded since Yost announced the grants in March stands at more than $3.5 million. The attorney gene…See the Story

Drug Analyzer Goes Mobile in Thunder Bay, Ont., in Wake of Consumption Site's Closure

NHS · Thunder Bay

Drug Analyzer Goes Mobile in Thunder Bay, Ont., in Wake of Consumption Site's Closure

Coverage: 4 sources

A new mobile outreach van is offering free drug checking in Thunder Bay, Ont., following the closure of the city's only supervised consumption site, where the service was formerly offered. In the community with the highest opioid-related death rate in the province, here's what advocates hope the service achieves.See the Story

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Local Pharmacy Partners with WA Health Care Authority to Address Opioid Misuse | Islands' Sounder

These Hattiesburg-Area Parents’ Children Died of Addiction. Local Officials Are Managing Opioid Settlements without Their Input.

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

These Hattiesburg-area parents’ children died of addiction. Local officials are managing opioid settlements without their input.Opioids · Hattiesburg See the Story

Page County supervisors hear opioid fund proposals

67% Center coverage: 3 sources

(Clarinda) -- Page County officials are considering addressing some law enforcement needs with the county's opioid settlement funding.Research · Clarinda See the Story

The reasons aren't fully clear, but overdose deaths are down in Kern, US

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Overdose deaths, specifically from opioids, are on the decline across the nation and data from the Kern County Coroner's Office shows local deaths are down as well.Opioids · Bakersfield Read Article

Baltimore judge proposes slashing city’s award in opioid verdict

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

A Baltimore judge on Thursday proposed slashing the $266 million verdict that the city won last year from a pair of drug distributors accused of contributing to the deadly opioid crisis, suggesting the companies pay just under $52 million or receive a new trial to determine damages.Opioids · Baltimore See the Story

How μ-Opioid Receptor Recognizes Fentanyl

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

Roughly half of the drug overdose-related deaths in the United States are related to synthetic opioids represented by fentanyl which is a potent agonist of mu-opioid receptor (mOR). In recent years, X-ray crystal structures of mOR in complex with morphine derivatives have been determined; however, structural basis of mOR activation by fentanyl-like opioids remains lacking. Exploiting the X-ray structure of BU72-bound mOR and several molecular si…Opioids · United States See the Story

Staff at Helena Hospital Go Through an Opioid Overdose Simulation to Be Prepared

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

Montana continues to rank among the highest in the nation per capita for opioid overdose deaths, but hospitals like St. Peters Health in Helena are preparing for this surge through life-like simulations.Watch to see how nurses prepare for opioid overdoses: Staff at Helena hospital go through an opioid overdose simulation to be preparedWe are seeing a really big uptick in medications dropped and laced with unknown substances in the state, so if w…Opioids · Helena See the Story

Warning over potent synthetic opiates after officers administer seven shots of life-saving anti-overdose drug

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

A warning over the potency of synthetic opioids has been issued after it took seven doses of anti-overdose medication to revive a casualty. Warning over potent synthetic opiates after officers administer seven shots of life-saving anti-overdose drugOpioids · Shetland See the Story

FBI director Kash Patel hails record drug bust; drugs seized could have killed nearly 50 million

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

FBI director Kash Patel praised his agents as well as those from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for taking down a major drug operation in Atlanta, resulting in the removal of 33 firearms and over 252 kilograms of drugs valued at over $9 million, from the streets. Kash Patel · United States See the Story

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