fentanyl

The head of the agency that oversees the Missouri Children’s Division says he wants investigators to treat evidence of fentanyl as an imminent danger to kids.

A Missouri panel found that fentanyl deaths among Missouri babies, toddlers and teens spiked as child welfare officials struggled to adequately investigate the cases.

“The subcommittee identified issues like inadequate case assessments and families declining services, leading to case closures,” a state report states.

People will be able to visit the Central Ozarks Medical Center locations as well as its Narcan-vending machines to obtain the strips.

Kansas City is hiring two overdose investigators as part of an effort to reduce fentanyl deaths in the Missouri city.

Just because the coronavirus pandemic grabs all the headlines doesn't mean the ongoing opioid crisis is any less important. Public health educator HEATHER HARLAN, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Dept., joins us by phone to talk about why people need to be paying attention: "this is scary when it takes the weight of a single snowflake (of fentanyl to kill you)." August 1, 2022

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