Articles Tagged: Substance use

Also, Iowa House passes ban on police traffic stop quotas.

“It’s vital that we ensure that every dime of these settlement funds goes to help curb this deadly epidemic,” the Marion representative says.

The governor heard from groups requesting additional tax cuts, as well as support for child care, apprenticeships and mental health services during a public hearing Wednesday.

Across colleges and universities, the words and lived experiences of addiction and recovery, dependence and therapy, mental illness and counseling are becoming less taboo, making initiatives like Iowa State University’s Collegiate Recovery Program more popular and important for students seeking support.

Two nurses started a nonprofit for a sober house to help women in early recovery of alcohol or substance abuse. Potential applicants for the eight beds available must be sober for 14 to 30 days and have gone through rehab and are in treatment before being an eligible renter.

Iowa will receive more than $1 million from a nationwide settlement with the maker of the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone.

The Fact Checker checked a claim U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, made about fentanyl overdose deaths in the country.

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State public health officials say more than a thousand Iowans struggling with opioid addiction would be served by expanded access to treatment and recovery support services.

Cassandra Collins, clinical director for Area Substance Abuse Council, talks about grappling with a dramatic increase in overdose deaths and heavy drinking in Iowa.

All services now are open at the 24/7 center in Iowa City. The Gazette spoke with GuideLink’s executive director and medical director to talk about the center’s first year and what’s next.

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.