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Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. Medical Director of Public Health Dr. Lily Muldoon said the CNMI is expected to see an increase in opiate overdoses just as it has been happening in

12 projects awarded a share of £5 million to reduce rates of fatal drug overdoses, as part of Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackle health challenges.

12 projects awarded a share of £5 million to reduce rates of fatal drug overdoses, as part of Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackle health challenges.

New interactive overdose tracker provides near real-time data to a range of cross-disciplinary partners.

MKE Overdose Prevention offers Narcan training and resources to communities, businesses and individuals to help stop opiate-related deaths.

>> melissa: new information on the story that we have been reporting. now looks like government regulators failed to keep unchecked amounts of pain killers off the street. last night 60 minutes and "the washington post" ran a very revealing interview with a whistle-blower from the drug enforcement agency. he is pointing the finger at lobbyists for big pharma and their enablers in congress. >> this is an industry that is out of control. what they want to do is do what they want to do and not worr...

Better treatments than opiates for chronic pain. actually, fda is working very actively with the research community and with product developers to try to find nonopiate treatments for pain that are effective. >> what are the strategies, talking about opiate overdose and she is horrifying statistics is making it so it couldnt be crushed, tamper resistant. it can be helpful, the abuse of oxycontin pretamper resistant went down after it was made tamper resistant. so, is it -- should we have made a ...

>> what are those, david? >> well, theres a whole -- he died of course of opiate -- opiate overdose. and we have medications that are -- saboxone, methadone, theyve been proven to work. theyre controversial, but they shouldnt be. they have risks like any other medication. but they increase the risks that someone is going to be able to stay sober, that they wont relapse dramatically. these are block -- theyre opiate blockers, that they take away the craving and they block an addict from getting h...

In fact, most people who overdose and die after treatment, it happens within the first weeks or month for exactly that reason. which is why when we look back on what happened to mr. monteith in this tragedy not only is it incredibly sad, its horrific, what can we say, but it also is criminal. it borders on malpractice that we -- a doctor -- that professionals will send someone out of treatment without the proper aftercare, without discharging them with a plan. we have life-saving technology. we ...

But they increase the risks that someone is going to be able to stay sober, that they wont relapse dramatically. these are block -- theyre opiate blockers, that they take away the craving and they block an addict from getting high after treatment. and theres no reason why anyone in his position, in mr. monteiths position should not be treated with these medications that work. >> and david, is the -- is there a course of treatment with those kinds of medications where they get ramped down over ti...