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NATIONAL:

Fentanyl overdose suit vs Snapchat advances. Here’s what to know, NewsNation, 01/05/24

Matthew Perry’s Death Underscores The Significance Of Buprenorphine, Forbes, 12/31/23

DELAWARE:

New bill would expand access to medical marijuana cards, DelawareLive, 12/18/23

Beebe Healthcare  Receives $1 Million Grant for Community Harm Reduction Outreach Project, DelawareLive, 12/14/23

3rd Annual Beebe Goes Purple Guest Bartending Event Raises More Than $120,000, DelawareLive, 12/07/23

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:

DC traffic deaths and homicides up as overdose toll continues,  NBC4 Washington, 01/02/24

MARYLAND:

Cecil Leads the Way on Putting Opioid Settlement Funds to Work,  Maryland Association of Counties, 01/04/24

PENNSYLVANIA:

Pennsylvania has one of the highest xylazine overdose death rates, CDC says,  CBS News Pittsburgh, 01/04/24

Rural EMS agencies fight the drug scourge as they lose workers, Center Square, 12/29/23

Delaware County begins distribution of pouches that render prescription meds unusable,  Daily Times, 12/18/23

VIRGINIA:

WEST VIRGINIA:

WV Opioid Money Begins Trickle Down, WCBC, 01/02/24

RESEARCH:

Polysubstance mortality trends in White and Black Americans during the opioid epidemic, 1999–2018, BMC Public Health, 01/07/24