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Poison Center Issues Warning Over Deadly Counterfeit Pills

Mar 10, 2022

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Oregon’s Opioid Settlement Dollars At Risk

The state and local governments can’t agree on how the money should be allocated, putting the total amount available to Oregon in jeopardy.

Oct 26, 2021

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Former Clackamas Chiropractor Sentenced For Oxycodone Distribution

His girlfriend died of an overdose in 2016 from oxycodone pills she obtained using one of his illegal prescriptions.

Aug 31, 2021
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JIMMY SULLIVAN OF PORTLAND STRUGGLED WITH A HEROIN ADDICTION/HEIDI DE MARCO/KAISER HEALTH NEWS.

Employers Struggle To Respond To Workers, Like Portland Man, Who Overdose On Job

The opioid epidemic is manifesting itself at construction sites, factories, warehouses, offices and other workplaces.

Sep 25, 2018

Lifesaving Opioid Overdose Antidote Drug, Naloxone, Continues Upward Pricing Spiral

Oregon hospitals join ranks contributing to naloxone price hikes while lawmakers scrutinize drug company no-holds-barred pricing strategies. Nearly 60 percent of Oregon’s hospitals have recently increased prices of naloxone – an opioid overdose antidote drug – by more than 10 percent. Five of these hospitals hiked the price of the drug ranging from 100 to 300 percent in 2014 compared to the previous year.

Jun 30, 2016
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HERC Revises Guideline for Weaning Off Opioids with More Comprehensive Plan

Last year, the Health Evidence Review Commission tasked coordinated care organizations to get Medicaid patients off long-term narcotic therapies for pain by the end of 2016. The deadline’s been changed, calling for CCOs to put a treatment plan in place by the end of this year and wean them off the addictive drugs by the end of next year.

May 20, 2016

Oregon Couple Says Opioid Restrictions Have Gone Too Far

Dec 11, 2015