Missouri House Passes Bill for Opioid Prescription Tracking
The Missouri House has passed a bill to create a monitoring program to track prescriptions for opioids.
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Missouri Mom Admits to Stealing Dying Daughter's Pain Meds
A Missouri woman has been charged with stealing her terminally ill daughter's pain medications.
Report: Opioid Deaths Increasing Slowly in Missouri
While opioid related deaths continue to increase in Missouri, the growth rate is slowing down, according to a new report.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services found that there was a 4.7 percent increase in opioid deaths from 2016 to 2017, the Columbia Missourian reported...
McCaskill Applauds Truman Memorial for Opioid Reduction
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is currently leading the largest Congressional investigation to date into the opioid epidemic and she is praising the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital after a recent VA report showed a 34% decrease in opioid prescribing at the facility between 2012-2017.