Page 14 - Legislative Analysis News Today

Opioid use, particularly the use of powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl, remains a pressing problem. As cartels do more to target young people on Snapchat and other social media, Arizona drug prevention groups are letting parents, kids and educators know what to look out for to stay safe.

In another response to the sign of the times, Queen Creek school nurses were trained recently on the presence and dangers of the synthetic opioid drug fentanyl.

School districts are stocking up on drug overdose drug Narcan as fentanyl claims the lives of more students. Seven students have died in the LA school district alone.

K-12 News

Districts are equipping schools with an overdose-reversal drug due to emergencies caused by fentanyl and other opioids.

In June 2022, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), via the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association, released its “Telehealth and Substance Use...

In June 2022, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), via the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association, released its "Telehealth and Substance Use Disorder Services...

Candidates for Michigan Representative District 74 share their thoughts on the economy, systemic racism and more ahead of the Aug. 2 primary election.

The Florida Legislature balked this year at a bill that would decriminalize fentanyl test devices, which remain illegal in about half of the states under drug paraphernalia laws adopted decades ago, drug policy experts say.

The bans from laws criminalizing drug paraphernalia adopted decades ago, but the devices are now recommended to help prevent overdose deaths. The Florida Legislature recently failed to end its ban.