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The $70 million facility will be known as the National Center for Opioid Research and Clinical Effectiveness, and will be housed on Arkansas Children’s main campus in Little Rock.
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In a joint interview with Channel 4 KARK's Capitol View, Rep. Tara Shepard, D-Little Rock, and Kirk Lane, director of the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership, explained how legislation and money from opioid settlements is being used to provide access to lower deaths from overdose.
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The Little Rock-based Wolfe Street Foundation will distribute doses of naloxone to up to 300 people and offer training on how to administer the drug.
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Legislation sponsored by Rep. French Hill of Arkansas to provide easier access to naloxone passed in the House on Wednesday, now heads to the Senate.
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The game-based video app, called SafeUse, allows players to choose different scenarios that lead to different outcomes while discouraging opioid use among adolescents.
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Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Thursday the state is suing three drug distributors over their role in the opioid addiction epidemic…