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The Mobile based health organization known as The Helios Alliance is partnering with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. The goal of the partnership is to create a comprehensive approach to prevention, treatment, education, and recovery for those addicted to opioids.
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On Saturday, April 1, the Addiction Prevention Coalition will hold its seventh annual "End Addiction BHAM Walk" at the City Walk Birmingham Amphitheater. This free event aims to help raise awareness of substance use happening across Alabama and across the country.
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Alabama’s Central Data Repository says over sixteen thousand Alabama residents were treated for substance abuse in 2021. Close to two thousand of those were in Baldwin County. Limited resources also make recovery even harder in south Alabama. Most of the leaders in local recovery have been there themselves.
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With an expected medical marijuana proposal approaching next month, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has already objected to putting it into law.In…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama is getting $6.3 million in federal funding to help fight opioid addiction.The U.S. Department of Health and…
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A new program is being developed to address the opioid problem in parts of west Alabama.A statement from the University of Alabama…
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A former federal prosecutor is raising concerns that Alabama’s proposed crackdown on the synthetic opioid fentanyl could end up putting low-level users…
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Several of Alabama’s government heads have announced their plan for fighting the opioid epidemic currently gripping the state.The Alabama Opioid Overdose…
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Hospitals in Alabama as well as Mississippi are suing more than a dozen drug manufacturers, claiming they deceptively marketed and sold dangerous…