opioid crisis

The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board awarded $11 million in grants to 71 cities, counties, school districts and public trusts, to help them address the state’s opioid crisis during its Tuesday meeting.

The Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General has received 101 applications for an initial round of opioid lawsuit settlement grants.

Abortion restrictions, the ongoing opioid crisis and access to mental healthcare are in focus this legislative session. Jillian Taylor is StateImpact Oklahoma’s health reporter, and spoke with managing editor Logan Layden about what to expect from lawmakers in 2024.

Oklahoma was one of the first states to successfully sue drugmakers for their role in the opioid epidemic, but almost none of that money has been spent so far.

The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma has accepted a $75 million settlement with opioid manufacturers McKesson, Amerisourcebergen and Cardinal Health.

A global megacorporation best known for Band-Aids and baby powder may have to pay billions for its alleged role in the opioid crisis. Johnson & Johnson…

Attorneys in the state’s sprawling opioid lawsuit have bragged that they slept on cots in their offices and went through millions of pages of evidence.But…

Addiction-recovery homes across Oklahoma are turning away people who are trying to escape opioid addiction by taking medications considered highly…

William Yarborough walks across the hall from his office to an exam room. His Hawaiian shirt and matching khaki pants aren’t the typical doctor’s garb. As…

Oklahomans will have many legal questions about medical marijuana, but attorneys say existing rules might make it difficult to answer them. Marijuana is…