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Areas with highest nonfatal opioid overdose rates
The National Emergency Services Information System has released a report showing the national nonfatal opioid overdose rates from data collected between March 2022 and March 2023. -
ReKlame launches in-home addiction medicine care program
Mental health platform ReKlame Health has launched an in-home addiction medicine care program which seeks to address the increase in alcohol misuse following the pandemic. -
Texas physician, office manager convicted for running pill mill
Laredo, Texas physician Oscar Lightner, MD, was convicted along with his office manager, who is also his stepson, for illegally prescribing more than 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash, the Justice Department said April 12. -
IU receives $8.6M grant to study alcohol use
Indianapolis-based Indiana University researchers have been gifted $8.6 million by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to research heavy alcohol use and binge drinking, WBIW reported April 10. -
Florida addiction treatment center to launch intensive outpatient program
West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Hanley Center at Origins, an addiction treatment center, is opening a mental health intensive outpatient program. -
National Institute on Drug Abuse invests $6.7M into cocaine use disorder treatment
Biopharmaceutical company Omeros has been awarded a $6.69 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop its oral treatment for cocaine use disorder. -
Former physician who prescribed fatal "Holy Trinity" to teenager gets 30 months prison
Former California physician Thomas Keller was sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally prescribing Schedule II and IV controlled substances leading to the overdose death of a 17-year-old patient, the Justice Department said April 7. -
Cedar House Life Change Center scores $3.6M contract with California county to run facility
Bloomington, Calif.-based Cedar House Life Change Center has secured a $3.6 million contract with Riverside County in California to run a facility in the area, NBC affiliate CNS reported April 4. -
'Rock Doc' convicted for unlawful opioid distribution
Jeffrey Young, APRN, known locally as the "Rock Doc," has been convicted by a federal jury for illegally prescribing opioids out of his medical practice, the Department of Justice reported April 3. -
Idaho seeks to limit free naloxone kits
A new bill in Idaho would only allow first responders to use naloxone drug overdose kits, Longview News-Journal reported April 1. -
California to receive $7M toward opioid crisis
Marin County in California plans to use $7 million in settlement funds to help with the ongoing opioid crisis, Post News Group reported April 2. -
New Mexico to spend $500M settlement on opioid recovery
The state of New Mexico is planning to use the $500 million in settlements it received from drug companies to curb the ongoing opioid crisis, Albuquerque Journal reported April 2. -
Reverie Mind launches addiction treatment immediate care program
Tempe, Ariz.-based mental health treatment provider Reverie Mind debuted its program providing immediate care to patients in need of suboxone therapy for opioid use disorder. -
Telehealth linked to fewer deaths from opioid ODs
Opioid use disorder patients on Medicare had fewer fatal overdoses after moving to telehealth services, according to a study published March 29 in JAMA Psychiatry. -
Patient death conviction gets former Michigan physician 20 years to life in prison
Bernard Shelton, 66, formerly a physician in St. Clair Shores, Mich., was convicted of a patient's overdose death and on 21 drug distribution charges , the Justice Department said March 31. -
Former Louisiana physician gets 15 years in prison for pill mill
Former Baton Rouge, La., physician Randy Lamartiniere, 64, will serve 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release for a drug distribution conviction, the Justice Department said April 4. -
Kentucky physician gets 8 years in prison for opioid, fraud charges
Former physician Jeffrey Campbell has been sentenced to eight years in prison for unlawful distribution of controlled substances, including opioids, along with healthcare fraud, the Justice Department reported March 30. -
FTC orders Tennessee physician to pay $100K for bogus addiction treatment ads
The Federal Trade Commission ordered Dalal Akoury, MD, and a set of companies she controls that operate as AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, to pay $100,000 for allegedly making false claims about the treatment of addiction, cancer, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other conditions. -
Addiction treatment market to grow by $50M over next decade: Report
The addiction treatment market is expected to grow by a 6.7 percent compound annual growth rate and reach a $50 million potential by 2032, according to a Fact.MR study. -
FTC sues Tennessee physician over bogus addiction treatment ads
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Dalal Akoury, MD, and a set of companies she controls that operate as AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, for allegedly making false claims about the treatment of addiction, cancer, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other conditions.
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