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Healthy Living

As opioid overdoses increase across the nation, Utah sees a decline

By Joel Leighton
June 13, 2023 12:00 AM
Opioid overdose in Utah is slowly decreasing, despite a national average increase, according to a new study released by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Local

Resolution proposing expansion of drug drop boxes passes in committee

By Camilla Owens
February 08, 2019 12:00 AM
HCR1 would encourage drop boxes so people could dispose of pills such as these, opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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State

Lawmakers finish 45-day legislative session

By Hannah Lafond
March 09, 2018 12:00 AM
Lawmakers file into the House of Representatives in the Utah Capitol building Thursday, March 8, for the final day of the 2018 legislative session. (Dani Jardine)
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Capital West News

Bills to stop opioid epidemic progress

By Hannah Lafond
March 08, 2018 12:00 AM
This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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Podcasts

Utah works to reverse opioid overdose trends

By Alyssa Nielsen
March 27, 2017 12:00 AM
The Utah Department of Health reports that 23 people die each month in Utah because of prescription overdoses. This is more than die from car crashes. (Graphic by Alyssa Nielsen)
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Metro

Overdose reversal drugs may help curb opioid deaths

By Sydney Walker
July 21, 2016 12:00 AM
Prescription overdose is a growing epidemic in Utah County and opioid related deaths are on the rise. (Maddi Driggs)
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