By: Scott Carroll, Janelle Lilley (KATV Ch. 7 News) www.katv.com LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Association of Arkansas Counties on Thursday afternoon became the second statewide group to file a federal lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors over how the
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s website for professionals working to prevent drug abuse among college students has received a Blue Pencil Award of Excellence by the National Association of Government Communicators. In July 2017, DEA launched www.campusdrugprevention.gov to support drug abuse
The Arkansas Municipal League at its 84th Convention, held June 13-15 in Little Rock, honored Arkansas Drug Director Kirk Lane with the John Woodruff “City Above Self” Award. The award is presented to a person who has provided lasting benefits
More than 100 lives have been saved this year by the Arkansas Naloxone Project, which provides first responders naloxone toolkits to reverse an opioid overdose. Arkansas Drug Director Kirk Lane said that many of the 102 lives saved this year
U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned nine (9) online networks – operating 53 websites – to stop illegally marketing “unapproved and misbranded” opioid medications, including tramadol and oxycodone, which are shipped through mailing services. The FDA outlined in warning letters
(photo is courtesy of the Association of Arkansas Counties) Arkansas Drug Director Kirk Lane encouraged state coroners to adopt a new death investigation reporting system called MDI (Medicolegal Death Investigation) Log program at the Arkansas Coroners’ Association 2018 Symposium. The
From the distribution of 3,300 Narcan kits to first responder agencies throughout Arkansas, 91 lives have been saved since Jan. 1, 2018. Among the items contained in a Narcan kit are two Naloxone nasal sprays, an opioid antagonist used to
This “How to talk to your doctor handbook” is provided by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Research & Extension, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Center for Health Literacy. Download a copy here:
Nearly 146 tons of prescription medications have been collected in the state since the first Arkansas Prescription Drug Take Back Day in 2010! Starting off 2018 with a bang, Arkansans donated more than 28 thousand pounds of medications on April
***Official totals will not be available for a few days***** WASHINGTON – Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at