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Jamie Morton is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Iowa and a former nurse. She led a study that found stigma can impact health outcomes of opioid-dependent moms.
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A study conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Iowa found that stigma can play a part the health behaviors of mothers who use opioids.
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Several Missouri communities were recently awarded grant funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address opioid overdoses and neonatal abstinence syndrome in rural communities.
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Missouri's third-largest county has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturers and drug distributors, accusing them of causing the drug epidemic…
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Missouri prison officials are working to stem the flow of contraband after multiple overdoses, including a few that were deadly.The Missouri Department of…
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Regional stories from the KBIA newsroom, including:Lawmakers Seek to Add Fentanyl to Missouri Drug Trafficking StatutesColumbia Warns Residents of Phone…
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A new CDC report based on emergency department data shows a rapid uptick in opioid overdoses on a national level, but fentanyl in particular has hit…
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Regional stories from the KBIA newsroom, including:Missouri Bill Could Take Licenses from Some Teen DriversResidents and Community Leaders Discuss Park…
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Officer Ron Meyers drove down a dirt road 20 minutes outside the small city of Chillicothe, Ohio. As he passed each home, he slowed down and squinted,...
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For five years now, the Missouri legislature has considered legislation to create a prescription drug monitoring database that would allow pharmacists...