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Multiple state agencies put out a warning this week about a concerning new opioid that’s becoming more prevalent in the state.

Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. Now, it is largely available across Missouri. But a proposed budget cut could dramatically reduce its availability.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appears poised to cut a $56 million annual grant program that pays for some of Missouri's overdose reversal medication and training.

Missouri officials say the overdose reversal drug naloxone helped contribute to the first decrease in drug-related deaths in nearly a decade.

The city of Columbia is collaborating with MU Health’s department of emergency medical services to change how overdose calls are handled in Boone County.

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.

Drug overdoses have killed more than 23,000 Missourians in the last two decades. Many of those were involved fentanyl and other potent opioids.

The Boone County Overdose Response Coalition hosted a community discussion Tuesday night at Hickman High School to address an increase in drug overdose-related deaths in Boone County.

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