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Alabama doctors applaud recommendation for over-the-counter Narcan

The FDA is expected to decide by March 29 whether Narcan could be made available over the counter.
February 21, 2023

On medical marijuana, listen to doctors, not Steve Marshall

Deaths from opioid overdoses in 2018: 47,600.  Deaths from marijuana overdoses in all recorded history: 0.  These are fairly important numbers if you’re making an argument that medical marijuana shouldn’t be legalized because opioids are also used for pain and they’ve been a big problem.  I know that sounds a really dumb argument to make, … Continued
January 10, 2020

Congress fails to override Trump national emergency veto

The Democratically controlled U.S. House of Representatives attempted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of their bill to reject the President’s declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border. Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, delivered a speech on the House floor encouraging Congress to sustain President Trump’s veto of H.J.Res. 46. Brooks said that building … Continued
March 27, 2019

Anderton says that the opioid crisis is literally and figuratively killing us

Jefferson County District Attorney Mike Anderton (R) spoke at a town hall in Adamsville where he said that, “The opioid crisis is literally and figuratively killing us. Anderton spoke in Adamsville at the Victory Christian Fellowship. “The opioid crisis is literally and figuratively killing us,” Anderton said. “A lot of that is that the dealers … Continued
September 18, 2018

State legislators, Kaleo announce grant to high schools to prevent opioid overdose deaths

Thursday, State Senators Gerald Dial, R-Lineville, Jim McClendon, R-Springville, and Steve Livingston, R-Scottsboro, along with representatives from Kaleo, Inc., held a press conference today at the State Capitol to brief reporters on the success of phase one and to announce phase two of an effort to combat the opioid crisis in Alabama. Kaleo Pharmaceuticals provided … Continued
September 3, 2018

Feds indict owners of alleged Moody pill mill

Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted a Springville couple and a prominent Moody doctor on charges they operated a pill mill in Moody, St. Clair County for four years. U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Thomas … Continued
August 31, 2018