The BridgeWay will now be treating adult opioid addiction. The North Little Rock-based psychiatric hospital added an acute rehabilitation program for adults in August 2020. This program is designed to treat adults with substance use disorders, particularly those with a…
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drug overdoses
In October, we are bringing attention to the challenge of drug addiction, and today I’d like to highlight some efforts to slow it. We are making progress in reducing the number of overdose deaths. Last year, we were down 18…
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View from the Senate: State Battles Opioid Abuse
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffLast year 426 Arkansas residents died from a drug overdose, according to death certificates filed with the state Health Department. That is an increase in fatal drug overdoses from 2017, when 417 people in Arkansas died from drugs. The data…