U.S. Senators pass opioid legislation
Mississippi’s U.S. Senators voted to pass legislation that would significantly ramp up the federal efforts to stop the trafficking of fentanyl and other various opioids...
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Police find adults passed out in car, kids and drugs in back seat
by Alex Paton
Two adults are facing child abuse and drug charges after the Ellisville police say they found them passed out in a vehicle with three young...
Featured UMMC doctors seek opioid alternatives
by Alex Paton
Mississippi’s statistics on opioid use resulting in addiction and deaths are bad, but the failure of data to deter abuse is also troubling. A team...
Father honors son’s life after opioid death
by Alex Paton
Opioid addiction, is affecting every generation, social class and race as the epidemic spreads across the state. David Magee is a journalist and has recently...
Opioid & Heroin Drug Summit aimed at disturbing growth of addiction, death in MS
by Jared Bounds
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy are at the forefront of an effort to combat the state’s opioid...
ReNew Mississippi aims to intercept child abuse by fighting drug abuse
JACKSON, MISS– ReNew Mississippi, co-chaired by First Lady Deborah Bryant and Supreme Court Justice Dawn Beam, has set forth to address child abuse in Mississippi...