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Georgia trust awards first $70 million of opioid settlements

HEALTHBEAT

The grants, set to be used in 2025 and 2026, are intended to help prevent Georgians from developing opioid addictions, connect people with substance use disorders to harm reduction and treatment programs, and bolster recovery resources across the state. The Trust published a list of accepted grantees on its website.

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Pharmacy Standing Order for Narcan Distribution Linked to Reduction in Overdose Deaths

BU School of Public Health Blog

After accounting for municipality-level sociodemographic and opioid prevention factors, the team observed a gradual and significant decrease—by an average of 16 percent per year—in opioid fatality rates in cities with pharmacies that implemented the naloxone standing order compared to cities that did not implement the standing order.

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With Medicaid expansion, NC governor solidified health care legacy 

NC Health News

But the contentious nature of the Affordable Care Act drove North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly to pass a 2013 law requiring legislative approval to expand Medicaid in the state. A lot of people with substance use disorders and mental illness were requiring a lot of attention from their deputies and officers.”