Opioid Taskforce News Today

Here in the Coastal Bend, efforts to combat the overdose issue are being made though the Nueces County Opioid Task Force.

A bill to authorize the sites may not have the votes in the Illinois legislature as time runs out. But Plan B is to go directly to Chicago.

Appointed in January of 2022, Dr. Morgan Medlock is an emergency psychiatrist and addiction specialist with a passion for people and health equity. She previously served as the Chief Medical Officer and Director of Crisis and Emergency Services for the Washington, D.C., Department of Behavioral Health. She also serves on the faculty of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior and Howard University College of Medicine and has held a previous appointment as a Clinical...

Gov. Polis announced the appointment of Dr. Morgan Medlock as the new Behavioral Health Commissioner for the State of Colorado.