Opioids

20 different nonprofits and government agencies presented at a Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday to ask for their slice of nearly $40 million in opioid settlement dollars.

An Oregon Health & Science University study found states cannot slow the opioid crisis solely with more flexibility to use Medicaid funding for addiction treatment.

State officials awarded $2.36 million to the project by Bay Area First Step, which will be the first of its kind in Curry County.

Rural Oregon groups to get opioid settlement funding to set up recovery centers to help people in addiction.

The opioid epidemic, boosted by the arrival of the drug fentanyl, has torn through communities in Southern Oregon. It’s also having a devastating impact on mothers struggling with addiction. An innovative facility in the Rogue Valley is helping those parents and their children.

The psychiatric hospital is reviewing its in-person visitation policies as Oregon State Police investigate the overdose.

The money is part of $600 million in opioid settlement funds the state is expected to receive over the next two decades.

Josh Wallner-Sentle's death was one of over 100 fatal overdoses in Jackson County last year. Many involved fentanyl, a highly addictive and powerful synthetic opioid that can be mixed into other drugs.

The subject is expected to be a flash point in this year’s legislative session.

As lawmakers prepare to tackle the state’s addiction crisis, new data from the Oregon Health Authority shows how dire the addiction crisis has become.

This week, the Medford Police Department confirmed their investigation into the alleged theft of controlled substances at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon will soon require health care facilities to provide opioid overdose medication when releasing some at-risk patients.