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AR Drug Director Encourages Coroners to Adopt New Death Investigation Reporting

(photo is courtesy of the Association of Arkansas Counties) Arkansas Drug Director Kirk Lane encouraged state coroners to adopt a new death investigation reporting system called MDI (Medicolegal Death Investigation) Log program at the Arkansas Coroners’ Association 2018 Symposium. The

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05/25/18 News

91 LIVES SAVED IN 2018 VIA 1ST RESPONDERS NALOXONE PROGRAM

From the distribution of 3,300 Narcan kits to first responder agencies throughout Arkansas, 91 lives have been saved since Jan. 1, 2018. Among the items contained in a Narcan kit are two Naloxone nasal sprays, an opioid antagonist used to

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05/24/18 News

How To Talk To Your Doctor Handbook

This “How to talk to your doctor handbook” is provided by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Research & Extension, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Center for Health Literacy. Download a copy here:

05/22/18 News

Nearly 146 Tons of Medications Collected in Arkansas; 28K Collected on April 28

Nearly 146 tons of prescription medications have been collected in the state since the first Arkansas Prescription Drug Take Back Day in 2010! Starting off 2018 with a bang, Arkansans donated more than 28 thousand pounds of medications on April

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05/15/18 News

DEA brings in record number of unused pills during 15th annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

***Official totals will not be available for a few days***** WASHINGTON – Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at

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05/8/18 News

Governor Hutchinson Launches Educational Web Portal To Aid In Fight Against Opioid Abuse

In the ongoing fight against the abuse of opioids, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has launched a free weekly education and consultation service for Arkansas health-care providers, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced at a press conference today. The AR-IMPACT

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04/30/18 News

Drug Director’s Response To Dispatcher, Others’ Comments On Not Using Narcan For Overdosing People

“I feel that if an officer has Narcan, then they should only use it on children, officers and other significant situations that are not your average overdose,” Lonoke Co. Dispatcher. “People that OD should not receive Narcan. Unless it is

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04/25/18 News

Opioid-makers Gushed $$ to State Doctors (Pills Soon Flowed, Study Finds)

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette(15 Apr 2018 by Amanda Claire Curcio) Makers of narcotic painkillers gave millions of dollars to Arkansas doctors between 2013 and 2016. At least 800 state residents died from opioid overdoses during the same period. Federal data reveal that

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04/24/18 News

UAMS Fights Opioid Epidemic on All Fronts

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is attacking the nationwide opioid epidemic on multiple fronts that have produced new research and treatment options for patients and health care providers across Arkansas and beyond. “As the

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04/24/18 News

‘Efforts Will Not Relent’ Amid State Meeting National Preparedness Average

Arkansas is meeting the national average on a recently released report from the National Health Security Preparedness Index. The overall preparedness level in Arkansas stands at 7.0 for 2017, a 12.9% increase from 2013. The national average is 7.1. “This

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04/17/18 News