by Dar Danielson | May 15, 2023 | Crime & Courts, News
State Patrol troopers who look for illegal drugs on the interstates that crisscross Iowa say our state is no longer just a drive-through area on the way to larger cities. Captain Nathan Andrews says the amount of drugs they’ve seen indicated the drugs are now...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 11, 2023 | Crime & Courts, News
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is wrapping up a year-long investigation that identified connections between Mexican drug cartels and communities in Iowa and elsewhere. Emily Murray, spokeswoman for the DEA Regional Office in Omaha, says Operation Last Mile provided...
by Dar Danielson | May 10, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News
A program underway in Iowa is using opioid settlement funds to provide opioid prevention toolkits for surgery patients as part of the “Billion Pill Pledge” that’s designed to cut the use of prescription painkillers. Goldfinch Health is administering...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 19, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The DEA’s Emily Murray says it’s a good time to clear out those unused prescription drugs to make sure they don’t get misused. “Unfortunately the majority of...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 12, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is granting $1.2 million to Goldfinch Health to help cut the distribution of opioids in Iowa hospitals. A program called the Billion Pill Pledge will work with up to 25 medical facilities statewide to reduce the number of opioids...