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Feds Charge Father and Son in $1.6 Billion Rehab Fraud, the Largest Case of Its Kind

Prosecutors charged 15 people, including a father and son accused of billing $1.6 billion for sham rehab. What families should check before choosing a program.

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Louisiana Puts Three Synthetic Kratom Opioids on Schedule I, and Retail Sales Stop Nov. 16

Louisiana's health department added three synthetic kratom opioids to Schedule I by emergency rule, and a stop order bars their retail sale from Nov. 16.

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Washington Now Bills Medicaid for Work Done Inside Jail. King County Is Testing What That Buys.

Washington's Medicaid reentry waiver now pays jails for release planning, case management and a 30-day medication supply as someone walks out the door.

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Michigan's Prison Overdoses Rose Nearly Tenfold in a Decade. Drug-Soaked Paper Is the Main Route In.

Michigan prisons logged 396 drug overdoses in 2025, up from 41 a decade earlier. Synthetic cannabinoids sprayed on paper are now the main contraband route.

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A Georgia City Denied a Sober-Living Home. Federal Housing Law Sets the Bar for That Denial.

College Park, Georgia denied a sober-living home's request to house eight residents. Federal fair housing law sets the bar for whether a city can say no.

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A $13.3 Million Trial in Allegheny County Will Test Semaglutide Against Addiction

A $13.3 million trial will give 1,200 Allegheny County adults weekly semaglutide or a placebo to see whether GLP-1 drugs curb addiction and jail time.

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Bernalillo County Declares a Fentanyl Emergency as New Mexico's Overdose Deaths Climb

Commissioners voted 5-0 to declare a civil emergency, handing the county manager emergency powers as New Mexico's overdose deaths rise and the U.S. total falls.

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CVS, the Rhode Island-Based Pharmacy Chain, Will Pay $315 Million Over Unlawful Opioid Dispensing

Federal prosecutors say CVS filled invalid opioid prescriptions for 12 years and billed Medicare for them. The settlement adds a DEA monitoring agreement.

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Arizona's Naloxone Coprescribing Law Worked on Prescribing. A New Study Can't Yet Say It Saved Lives

A University of Arizona study finds Arizona's 2018 naloxone coprescribing law sharply raised naloxone prescribing and dispensing — but not deaths.

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