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Minnesota Department of Human Services Seeking Applicants for Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council (OERAC)

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Tony Lourey has posted applications for the Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council (OERAC). The Advisory Council will have 19 voting members, appointed by the commisioner, except as otherwise specified, and three nonvoting members. The council will be comprised of the following: two members of the

Surge in fentanyl use offsets Minnesota’s progress in opioid crisis

Powerful illicit synthetics are offsetting progress against the epidemic. By Jeremy Olson Star Tribune http://www.startribune.com/surge-in-fentanyl-use-offsets-minnesota-s-progress-in-opioid-crisis/503349871/ Minnesota has seen proportionately fewer opioid-related deaths than the rest of the nation, and a decline in fatal heroin overdoses, but the state’s progress has been negated by a surge of drug use involving potent synthetic drugs such

Our Legislation was Heard in the Senate Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee, Last Thursday March 15

Minnesota’s Fight To Stop The Opioid Crisis

Since 2000, overdoses in the state of Minnesota have increased by over 1,000 percent. 64,000 people died in the United States from opioids in 2016 alone. The struggle to stop the crisis in Minnesota is getting a kickstart this year with the proposed Opioid Family Recovery Act. The bill is

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