Opioid Epidemic

According to a report from the Global Kratom Coalition, several businesses in the Tulsa area have been found to sell products marketed as kratom with drastically different chemistry.

He thinks the rollout of several naloxone vending machines was a “financial boondoggle.”

Narcan, the liquid form of naloxone, is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids. In Oklahoma, it can be found across the state in vending machines.

The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board awarded $11 million in grants to 71 cities, counties, school districts and public trusts, to help them address the state’s opioid crisis during its Tuesday meeting.

Lawsuits against opioid distributors have materialized into an initial payout of $23 million in grants public bodies can apply for to support treatment and prevention.

"This layered chronicle traces how methamphetamine and fentanyl became scourges of American life.... Quinones places the narrative in a range of illuminating contexts." -- The New Yorker

Drug overdoses in Oklahoma jumped 30% during the pandemic, and the state supreme court last month blocked a judgement worth millions against opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson.

Author and journalist Sam Quinones, whose bestselling book from a few years ago, "Dreamland," won a National Book Critics Circle Award, now offers follow-up to that volume.

Author and journalist Sam Quinones, whose bestselling book from a few years ago, "Dreamland," won a National Book Critics Circle Award, now offers follow-up to that volume.

In a 5–1 decision, the court ruled the pharmaceutical company's marketing and sales of prescription painkillers did not violate state public nuisance law.