Law & Courts Snohomish County Jail expands buprenorphine treatment to every eligible inmate. In Snohomish County Jail, inmates receive medication-assisted treatment and "brotherhood." Amy Radil
Health 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 Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Health 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. Derek Wang
Health Oklahoma Judge To Rule In Landmark Opioid Case Oklahoma has argued that the drugmaker's marketing of painkillers contributed to thousands of overdose deaths and other harms in the state and is asking for a multibillion-dollar award. Jackie Fortier
Health Beth Macy’s ‘Dopesick’ offers a Seattle audience intimate glimpses of those hit by the opioid epidemic. “According to The CDC, In 2017, more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses, making it a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. Of those deaths, almost 68% involved a prescription or illicit opioid.” Sonya Harris
Health U.S. Overdose Deaths Dipped In 2018, But Some States Saw 'Devastating' Increases Provisional overdose data for 2018 show a note of hope in an overall bleak picture. But in some states, the numbers actually got worse. What explains the disparities? Selena Simmons-Duffin
Health She felt her baby inside her and realized it was time to get clean A few years ago, Mary was in a bad place. Mary isn’t her real name, we’ve changed it to protect her privacy. She was homeless, she’d lost her daughter to her former partner, she was using heroin and she was pregnant. Kate Walters
National Federal Judge Orders Release Of Dataset Showing Drug Industry's Role In Opioid Crisis As addiction has soared, drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies profited off opioids. Newly released data details who made the pills, where they were sold, and which communities were hit hardest. Brian Mann
National More Kids Are Getting Placed In Foster Care Because Of Parents' Drug Use With drug use surging in the last decade and a half, many parents are losing custody of their kids. But is foster care the best solution? Susie Neilson
