FED Up! Coalition
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FED Up! A call for immediate, coordinated & comprehensive federal action to END America’s crisis of #addiction & #overdose deaths #AmericaIsFEDUP #Opioids
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Joined August 2013
In a surprise move, the FDA confiscated a large amount of 7-OH mitragynine from warehouses in Kansas City. 7-OH occurs in small amounts in kratom. 7-OH products have a much higher dose of 7-OH than kratom itself and a stronger opioid effect than kratom.
fda.gov
FDA Seizes 7-OH Opioids to Protect American Consumers
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Six kratom deaths in an Idaho county is unacceptable. We join with those pushing for an end to legal kratom. It's a stimulant at low doses. As the dose increases, opioid effects take over and it can be fatal at high doses. https://t.co/FyYsO98Tdw
#kratom #DEA #opioidcrisis
dailyfly.com
IDAHO FALLS, ID — The Bonneville County Coroner’s Office has issued a public health warning following six deaths tied to Kratom in the past 18 months, citing a sharp rise in fatalities linked to the...
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Nitazenes are highly potent opioids. We know nitazene deaths are increasing, but nitazene testing is rare so we don't know how bad the problem really is. FED UP! calls for improved testing. https://t.co/WyUhJwpp2k
#nitazene #fentanyl #opioidcrisis
rollingstone.com
A class of synthetic drugs called nitazines have been around since the 1950s — but are quickly gaining a foothold in street drugs.
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As in New York, states nationwide will debate using opioid settlement funds to offset federal fund cutbacks. To combat the opioid epidemic, they must find new revenue sources instead of diverting these critical funds. https://t.co/nQG5nxQttu
#opioidsettlementfunds #opioidcrisis
spectrumlocalnews.com
Gov. Hochul will set the stage for opioid spending in her budget proposal this January.
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Good news from Missouri, where the state auditor responded to local news reports about misuse of opioid settlement funds by proposing legislation to provide greater oversight of the funds. https://t.co/yOiraLmKlW
#opioidsettlementfunds #supplantation #opioidepidemic
firstalert4.com
Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick recommended this month that the state legislature consider a law to oversee hundreds of millions of dollars in opioid settlement spending across the state....
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The confirmation hearing for the Purdue bankruptcy begins tomorrow. It's unfair to individual claimants and should be rejected. If you want to object, WRITE TODAY! A sample letter from Unleash the Mothers is on our website https://t.co/KJ1XHypHb2
#PurduePharma #OpioidSettlement.
feduprally.org
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Opioid settlement funds are supposed to be set aside specifically for opioid abatement, not to deal with other important social problems resulting from federal government ineptitude. https://t.co/dnmVzlqkVi
#opioidsettlementfunds #supplantation
newschannel9.com
Hamilton County commissioners voted Wednesday to direct thousands of dollars in opioid settlement funds to help local food banks feed SNAP families during the g
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Another article by Aneri Pattani on multiple ways opioid settlement funds have been misused as well as the largest data base on how funds have been spent. FED UP! calls for full transparency and best uses of funds. https://t.co/U6fxtW8xxl
#opioidsettlementfunds
kffhealthnews.org
States, counties, and cities are receiving millions in opioid settlement money to address the addiction crisis. The ways they spent the dollars in 2024 sometimes drew criticism from advocates and at...
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A comprehensive article by Aneri Pattani of KFF Health News on the misspending of opioid settlement funds for policing. It includes comments by our Chair, Dan Busch. https://t.co/B07C1L5sgy
#OpioidSettlement #supplantation #FEDUP
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Three Republican Senators have introduced several bills to take steps to counter the threat from nitazenes. https://t.co/EnnXfw7JL3
#nitazene #opioidcrisis #overdose
foxnews.com
Republican senators introduce bills targeting nitazenes, synthetic opioids potentially deadlier than fentanyl. New legislation aims to detect, classify and sanction the threat.
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In an important reversal, the 4th Circuit Court said that Cabell County and Huntington, https://t.co/cpRbB9hQ3e., do have the right to sue the opioid distributors under West Virginia law. https://t.co/wvtYn4zv12
#OpioidSettlement #opioidcrisis #opioiddistributors
apnews.com
A federal appeals court has overturned a landmark decision in an opioid lawsuit in West Virginia. A lower court judge had rejected attempts by an opioid-ravaged area to be compensated by U.S. drug...
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Analysis of the impact of fentanyl on costs at levels of the drug chain. One takeaway: "Seizures at higher market levels are less valuable to law enforcement precisely because drugs are less costly for traffickers to replace." https://t.co/f5zCiSPsjj
#fentanyl #opioidcrisis
phys.org
The spread of illegally manufactured fentanyl has driven overdose deaths to unprecedented levels in the United States and Canada. It has also changed the production function for drug traffickers,...
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U.S. Treasury sanctions Mexican companies accused of aiding Sinaloa cartel's fentanyl production https://t.co/kQXtZABadM
#fentanyl #SinaloaCartel
pbs.org
The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned a network of companies and their affiliates that allegedly supplied precursor chemicals to make fentanyl to a faction of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel.
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Opioid abatement efforts in Texas are suffering because of Medicaid unwinding, loss of Covid-era funds, and delays and potential phasing out of SAMHSA block grants. https://t.co/MpeAn0SfVm
#opioidcrisis #Medicaid #SAMHSA #naloxone #HarmReduction
texastribune.org
In addition to the cuts, local nonprofits are also having problems accessing federal help for opioid reversal medication, such as Narcan.
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Tramadol, commonly used for acute and chronic pain, is viewed as weaker and safer than most opioids. This systematic review finds that tramadol is only minimally effective in chronic pain and has multiple side effects. https://t.co/iQrEm8erGT
#opioidcrisis #tramadol #chronicpain
cnn.com
Tramadol, a potent synthetic opioid, has been widely used to treat moderate to severe pain, but a new study suggests that the medication’s potential risks outweigh its “limited” benefits for chronic...
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It just doesn't seem right that grandparents raising grandkids whose parents died of opioid overdoses are not receiving some support from opioid settlement funds.
washingtonpost.com
Jackie Lewis has spent years arguing that some of the roughly $57 billion flowing into states from opioid legal settlements should go to families affected by overdose deaths.
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Post-pandemic Medicaid unwinding has resulted in 25 million people disenrolled from Medicaid. A Rand study shows the result is more terminations of OUD treatment, fewer new starts. https://t.co/rr0zsg8Vvh
#Medicaid #opioidcrisis #MAT
rand.org
The end of pandemic-era enrollment enhancements for Medicaid was associated with a rise in the number of people ending medication treatment for opioid use disorder, as well as a decrease in the...
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Good news from New York! The governor has signed legislation that closes loopholes that allow opioid settlement funds to enter the general fund.
news10.com
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation to ensure that billions in opioid settlement money is spent on addiction treatment, prevention, and recovery efforts, closing a technical loophole …
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Excellent article pointing out lack of opioid settlement fund transparency in New Mexico, while nearby states have high levels of transparency.
sourcenm.com
The New Mexico Department of Health recently alerted the public about surging rates of drug overdoses in Taos, Santa Fe and Rio Arriba counties, with fentanyl use linked to the majority of the...
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Michigan study showing the powerful impact of harm reduction measures on overdose deaths, OUD treatment, and infectious disease. https://t.co/h9yhZFVYFh
#harmreduction #opioidcrisis #overdose
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