$5 million in grants coming to Mississippi clinics

WTOK-TV Meridian

$5 million in grants coming to Mississippi clinics

Posted: Wed 12:21 PM, Sep 19, 2018 | Updated: Wed 12:25 PM, Sep 19, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTOK) - Local health care clinics are among those receiving grants for opioid treatment

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced Wednesday that 18...

Local Health Centers Receive Money to Fight Opioid and Substance Abuse

WTVA-TV Tupelo

Local Health Centers Receive Money to Fight Opioid and Substance Abuse

Two local community health centers have been awarded thousands of dollars to implement treatments for opioid and substance abuse.

By Zach Carlisle

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - Two local community health centers have...

Local advocates see opioid legislation as good start

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo

Local advocates see opioid legislation as good start

By Michaela Gibson Morris

TUPELO - Northeast Mississippi addiction recovery professionals were glad to see the U.S. Senate pass legislation aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic on Monday.

“It’s a...

U.S. Senators pass opioid legislation

News Mississippi

U.S. Senators pass opioid legislation

By Alex Paton

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 while also working to strengthen programs to treat abuse...