For the second year in a row, Missouri’s drug overdose deaths have declined. A new University of Missouri-St. Louis report shows 1,450 people still died from a drug overdose in 2024 – a reduction of nearly 500 from the previous year. Morgan Farnworth, an UMSL...
In 2023, Missouri distributed more than a quarter-million doses of Naloxone, to help reverse drug overdoses and save lives. During a House committee hearing today, Rep. Becky Laubinger, R-Park Hills, asked if the availability of Narcan and Naloxone is backfiring. “And...
