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How Georgia community groups are looking to use $70M of opioid funds — and what challenges lie ahead

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. The Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust has begun to use much of the states portion of the money to attempt to build on recent reductions in deadly overdose rates. I dont know how easily visible that will be to the public, he said.

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Fentanyl Crisis Grips New York with Deadly Force

Mercola

1 This statistic highlights the pervasive impact of IMFs on public health. The potency of these synthetic opioids makes them exceptionally dangerous, often leading to rapid and fatal outcomes for individuals who use them. 7 Law enforcement efforts are intensifying in response to the crisis.

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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), representing the leaders of health departments serving nearly 61 million Americans, calls on the incoming Administration and Congress to enhance support for local public health systems.

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NC House and Senate bills would raise age for tobacco sales to 21, create permitting system for retailers

NC Health News

He founded the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation in 1996 and began to push for state legislatures to raise the tobacco sales age. But in 2003, a town in Massachusetts raised the sales age for tobacco and nicotine products to 21 years old. By making it a state law, state Alcohol Law Enforcement officials could also enforce it.