Iowa’s opioid strategy might be backfiring. The crackdown on pain pills by doctors and federal bureaucrats is contributing to America’s overdoses crisis.
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Iowa expects to receive an estimated $25 million for abatement of the opioid epidemic if the deal is approved.
The number of opioid-related deaths in Iowa increased 35 percent in 2020, to 212. Federal and state public health officials say factors of the pandemic — including isolation and delays in accessing health care — may have accelerated the already increasing rate of opioid deaths.
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