opioid epidemic

Michigan is set to receive more than $795 million from the settlement. That money is meant to fund opioid treatment and prevention efforts.

Indiana and other states accused CVS, Walgreens and Walmart of contributing to the crisis by not appropriately managing how they distributed prescription drugs.

The settlement could provide Michigan with millions of dollars to pay for treatment and recovery services.

The $5.4 million grant comes from the National Institutes of Health’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term – or HEAL – Data2Action Initiative. Over the course of five years, it allows researchers to work with overdose fatality review teams in 19 Indiana counties to measure harm reduction efforts.

Nearly every state has laws that limit access to opioid treatment programs, according to a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

The survey from the Family and Social Services Administration will measure a person’s overall well being and the resources available to a person in recovery from addiction, and help track the overall recovery capital of the state.

Statewide and national recovery advocates gathered in Noblesville Friday to discuss best practices for influencing public policy.

An estimated 2,755 Hoosiers died of drug overdoses in 2021, a record high for the second year in a row.

Indiana is set to receive more than $500 million over the next two decades from a settlement with opioid manufacturers.

The Legislature is poised to send bills to Governor Gretchen Whitmer that would clear the way for Michigan to get its share of the national opioid lawsuit settlement.