Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has joined the more than twenty U.S. attorneys general who are backing a proposed multi billion dollar reparations settlement with Purdue Pharma, regarding their manufacture of the opioid pain medication OxyContin. The Indiana Center for Recovery–a private drug and alcohol rehab clinic–is looking to expand in Bloomington. Monroe County residents who are on the City …
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During its meeting last night, the Bloomington Common Council declined to approve $18.5 million in bond funding to rebuild the Fourth Street Garage; The Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals meets tonight, to decide whether to grant a for-profit addiction treatment company their request to proceed with a rehabilitation clinic; An Indiana State Senator filed a proposal on Tuesday, to legalize …
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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 …
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The proposed moratorium on new addictions facilities in Bloomington city limits from Mayor John Hamilton’s office is misguided at best, according to the Indiana Recovery Alliance’s Founder and Director, Chris Abert. In this interview with WFHB News Director Wes Martin, Abert explains how the proposed policy lumps together Medically-Assisted Treatment centers with predatory for-profit addictions treatment and ‘rehab’ centers. “We don’t …
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