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.
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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.
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.
West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Hanley Center at Origins, an addiction treatment center, is opening a mental health intensive outpatient program.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
A new bill in Idaho would only allow first responders to use naloxone drug overdose kits, Longview News-Journal reported April 1.
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.