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IU Kelley School of Business research found another key piece that fueled the opioid epidemic is the way prescription opioids are tracked.

Provisional data from the CDC shows a decrease in all opioid overdose deaths in Indiana.

Overdose Lifeline distributed more than 170,000 test strips in 2023. Advocates said they are more interested in saving lives than "getting held up on those gray areas" – which is where the legality of the test strip exists in Indiana code.

Carmel police officers Police officers wrote they found the 64-year-old Irsay unresponsive, breathing and with a bluish skin tone, according to a police report.

State officials tout expanded access to harm reduction and treatment resources as a reason behind a decrease in overdose deaths in 2022.

A report presented at the Indiana Commission to Combat Substance Use Disorder said mobile response teams identified additional barriers to treatment in their communities and improved community attitudes toward substance use disorders.

Eric Montgomery was sentenced to 36 years in connection with the death of IU senior Avery McMillan.

Northern Indiana police have asked state officials to revoke the license of Praxis Landmark Recovery, where three patients recently died within a week, saying that the less than year-old center is endangering its residents and placing a strain on law enforcement.

Overdose deaths from xylazine in the Midwest are skyrocketing. Inequalities in pay and tenure for men and women on IU’s faculty remain after IU eliminated its Office of Women’s Affairs. And a statehouse update.

Sheyenne struggled with heroin and meth for nine years, but in 2021, an unfamiliar drug called xylazine contributed to the overdose that took her life.