Touro College and its Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) have secured two grants totaling $1.36 million to train students, faculty and staff in fighting the nation’s opioid crisis. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Opioid
Senate Majority Announces Statewide Hearings And Roundtable Discussions On The Opioid Epidemic
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins today announced that the Joint Senate Task Force on Opioids, Addiction & Overdose Prevention will be holding seven hearings and roundtable discussions across the state. Continue Reading →
Partnership To Care For Opioid Patients With Disorder Transferred From Jails To Prisons
New York City Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services (CHS) hails a new partnership that is allowing patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment in the City’s jail system from Harlem to the Hudson.
Big Pharma Payments To Doctors Associated With Higher Opioid Deaths
During the height of the opioid epidemic, over a period of less than two years, doctors accepted nearly 435,000 payments from Big Pharma, according to a new study that found an association between the payments and higher opioid deaths. Continue Reading →
New York City Adds CVS, Walmart, Sackler Family Members To Its Opioid Lawsuit
With a number of CVS stores in Harlem, the city Law Department said Wednesday it has added the drug store chains CVS, Walmart, Walgreens, and Rite Aid as defendants in the lawsuit.