Tag Archives: opioid crisis

President Donald Trump will visit Indianapolis to speak at the annual Future Farmers of America (FFA) convention, this Saturday; Indiana residents voting in the upcoming midterm elections will have to answer three public questions on their ballot; Indiana Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young were behind a bipartisan bill to address the opioid epidemic; Monroe County Probation Department and the Department …

The SUPPORT Act, passed the US Senate 98 to 1 yesterday. Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly spoke on the senate floor promoting provisions to the opioid crisis legislation. The incumbent Democratic Senator proposed three provisions to the bill, including a measure to expand the use of non-opioid alternatives in Medicare. That provision is named in honor of Dr. Todd Graham, a …

The Indiana Recovery Alliance’s efforts seem to be paying off. Ahead of the 4th Annual Overdose Remembrance and Candlelight Vigil, the IRA has seen decreases in the number of overdoses deaths in Monroe County. Elsewhere in the state, overdose deaths continue to rise. IRA Founder and Director Chris Abert sees a causation in the correlation – Monroe County and Clark …

The city of Bloomington is removing addresses of fatal overdoses from their data portal. The move comes after community members objected to a map on the city’s opioid data website – BloomingtonRevealed.com. That map displayed the addresses where fatal overdoses had occurred within city limits.

Women’s reproductive rights advocates and religious conservatives traded arguments at the Monroe County Council’s Sophia Travis Grant distribution; County Council allocated $25,000 to the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District to distribute 30,000 reusable plastic shopping bag. FEATURE City officials met yesterday to address public demand to remove the addresses of fatal opioid overdoses from the city’s data website. WFHB …

Criticism over the city of Bloomington’s use of private information led officials to call a meeting, today; The City of Bloomington received its new armored truck over the weekend; The Ellettsville Town Council is voicing support for increasing a tax break it gave affordable housing developers, last fall; Indiana is making handheld metal detectors available, at no cost, to every …

Rev. Forrest Gilmore said the Shalom Community Center’s organization is seeing a reduction in overdose deaths among clients, this year. Gilmore attributes the decline in opioid related deaths to expanded opioid addiction treatment options, and increased homelessness services. In particular, Gilmore pointed to the work of the Indiana Recovery Alliance and the Monroe County Health Department. Of the 15 largest Indiana counties, …

The Indiana Recovery Alliance, based in Bloomington, is closing in on reversing 2,000 overdoses. The announcement comes as a new study puts into context the economic impact of the opioid crisis on Indiana. Founder and Director Chris Abert says while that’s a de-humanizing perspective to approach the public health crisis from, it helps to convince legislators why harm-reduction efforts are …

New research from IU has revealed the economic impact of the opioid crisis. The loss of revenue, and increased incarceration and rehabilitation expenses, are costing the state millions of dollars every day. WFHB correspondent Jonah Chester brings us this report.

Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly announced his intention to vote in favor of the nomination of Gina Haspel to be CIA director on Saturday; The Indiana General Assembly passed five bills, in the space of a few hours, during yesterday’s special legislative session; New research from IU has revealed the economic impact of the opioid crisis; Money from the sale of …