Opioids

St. Louis-based pharmacy benefits management company Express Scripts is tackling the opioid crisis. The company announced an initiative Wednesday to more…

The interim chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department asked the city’s Board of Aldermen on Wednesday to find money for hiring more officers…

Updated at 11:27 p.m. April 24 with the council's decisions — Two bills that would have established a drug monitoring database in Jefferson County failed…

Missouri plans to use a new $10 million federal grant to improve access to opioid addiction medication.A main focus of the grant, announced Wednesday by…

Missouri will receive $10 million in federal grant money to help combat a growing opioid painkiller crisis, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt announced Wednesday.It…

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid painkiller, made up almost half of drug overdose deaths in parts of the St. Louis region last year, according to county…

The past year, 2016, will set a record for the number of drug overdose deaths in the St. Louis region. While still collecting data, the National Council…

Missouri’s second-most populous county is joining a St. Louis-based effort to monitor opioid prescriptions. The program allows doctors to see how many…

After years of opposition in the Missouri legislature to a statewide program to monitor prescription drugs, St. Louis County is preparing to test its…

Needle exchange programs could become easier to operate in Missouri under a bill pre-filed for the state’s 2017 legislative session.The programs make sure…