An anti-drug abuse task force in Bartholomew County is working on recommendations that include providing more treatment for opioid addiction in what is now an unused part of the county jail.

While treatment for the disease is relatively straightforward, the communication between insurers and providers can be riddled with clerical errors and prone to delays.

If a baby is born with traces of illicit drugs in its system, Child Protective Services will likely start an investigation.

Eli Lilly and Pfizer are working together to develop the new class of drug that is in late-trial stages. There hasn't been a new pain medication discovery in about 50 years. The last new non-opioid pain medication to hit the market was ibuprofen in the late 1960s.

Hundreds attended the event sponsored the Indiana University Institute of Psychiatric Research and Mental Health America of Indiana.

Two different grants for 28 Indiana counties will provide naloxone and outreach education to combat overdose deaths.