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Gig Economy & Technology- BALTIMORE — Baltimore Selected as Federal Tech Hub for AI, Biotechnology The Baltimore region has been awarded a federal designation as a national tech ...

The Opioid Litigation Settlement Funds Summit highlighted the essential role Governors play in ensuring that opioid settlement funds are used to their fullest potential while not supplanting existing resources.

International Overdose Awareness Day has been recognized since 2001 to raise awareness of the impact of overdose, remember those who have died, and acknowledge the grief of those who have lost their loved ones to overdose.

OLYMPIA, Wash.-August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day and a statewide campaign launched earlier this year hopes to inform teens and young adults about the dangers of fentanyl.

Roadmap Outlines Strategies Targeting Growing Impact of Fentanyl Washington, DC –The National Governors Association (NGA) released a roadmap to help support Governors and state officials in developing policy solutions to address unprecedented opioid overdose rates. Titled “Implementing Best Practices Across the Continuum of Care to Prevent Overdose,” the roadmap outlines concrete solutions across the full […]

This Roadmap provides Governors with 17 specific, actionable recommendations to prevent overdose across five pillars of the Substance Use Disorder Continuum of Care: foundations, prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.

As the opioid crisis intensifies, nightlife venues, concert spaces and festivals are recognizing that being prepared could save lives.

arrow The amount of cocaine in New York City that’s laced with fentanyl has quadrupled in recent years. Party people studio / Shutterstock New York City nightlife is coming back as the boroughs move to fully reopen by the end of the month. Check social media, and you’ll find people sharing flicks of their first foray back inside the bar and flyers for upcoming dance parties—some only for those who are fully vaccinated. But last week, sinister warnings began to creep into t...

New initiative seeks to provide potentially life-saving training and empower individuals to administer naloxone, which can be used to prevent opioid overdoses in emergencies