Articles tagged as: opioid crisis
December 23, 2019
Indiana Receives Grant To Address Opoid Use In Pregnancy
Indiana was awarded $5.2 million to help pregnant and postpartum women with opioid addictions.
Read MoreNovember 21, 2019
National Judicial Opioid Task Force Releases Final Report
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush co-chairs the group and says it was created in response to the growing number of court cases related to substance abuse.
Read MoreNovember 11, 2019
Indiana State Museum To Host Exhibit Exploring Opioid Crisis
The 7,000-square-foot exhibition will contain multimedia displays, hands-on installations and interactive artwork to provide information on opioid addiction and treatment.
Read MoreOctober 23, 2019
New Grants Fund Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Networks
State funding, amounting to $1.5 million, will go to establish networks of care among existing providers in Indianapolis, Merrillville and Lawrenceburg.
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2019
Southeast Indiana Celebrates Opioid Workforce Grant Announcement
Communities in southeast Indiana will receive more than $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to get recovering opioid users back into the workforce.
Read MoreAugust 28, 2019
How Incarceration, Economic Decline Affect Opioid Deaths
New research suggests underlying social issues -- like incarceration and household income -- are linked to overdose deaths.
Read MoreAugust 27, 2019
Report: Indiana Losing Out On Federal Opioid Funding
The federal government granted states a total of $11 billion in 2017-2018. Indiana received $158 million of that money.
Read MoreAugust 15, 2019
National Drug Czar Visits Indiana To Talk Opioids
Drug Czar Jim Carroll says that he wants to share with other states and the federal government what led to a recent drop in overdose deaths in Indiana.
Read MoreAugust 7, 2019
How An Indiana County Deals With 'Deaths Of Despair'
Indiana's Fayette County once bustled with factories that served the auto industry, earning the nickname "Little Detroit." Now, it has another distinction: the highest suicide and overdose death rates in the state.
Read MoreJuly 22, 2019
Opioid Response Training Offered To Faith Communities
Overdose Lifeline worked with the Indiana State Department of Health and Indiana Universitys Prevention Insights to offer the workshops.
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