Featured UMMC Doctors seek alternatives to opioid prescriptions
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...
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Featured Hattiesburg first MS city to file lawsuit against opioid manufacturers
by Alex Paton
The City of Hattiesburg is in the process of filing a lawsuit against key Pharma companies in opioid epidemic. A release from the Hattiesburg mayor’s...
Pearl woman sentenced for opioid ingestion while pregnant
Officials announced on Tuesday that a Pearl county woman will serve time after exposing her unborn baby to opioids during pregnancy. 29-year-old Nikki Cox-Musgrove was...
Cochran: appropriations committee welcomes opportunity to work with Trump on opioid crisis
by Alex Paton
President Trump issued a public health emergency declaration to address the opioid crisis on Thursday and Senator Thad Cochran said this designation would give federal...
MBN fighting opioid epidemic as more Mississippians overdose
by Alex Paton
The Opioid Epidemic is tearing across the U.S. and Mississippi is fighting the opioid crisis in any way that they can. John Dowdy, Director of...
Attorney General urging health insurers to switch to non-opioid drugs
by Alex Paton
Attorney General Jim Hood has joined 37 attorneys generals in urging health insurance companies to find ways to make non-opioid pain management more accessible for...
MHP trains officers to use NARCAN
by Alex Paton
Governor Phil Bryant and John Dowdy, Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics recently announced the plan to train law enforcement officers to administer NARCAN...
Governor issues opioid executive order
by Alex Paton
Governor Phil Bryant issued an executive order that will provide training for law enforcement when dealing with opioids. The order also asks physicians and health...
MS law enforcement officers to administer overdose treatment drugs
by Alex Paton
Mississippi Law enforcement will now be able to administer Narcan, a drug that has been proven to save lives in the event of an opioid...
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...