Drug Task Force Meets In Jefferson City
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The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force is meeting in Jefferson City to help address Missouri’s substance abuse problem. New federal data shows the number of drug overdose deaths in Missouri remained virtually the same in 2022 compared to the previous year at nearly 22-hundredoverdose deaths. Democratic Representative LaDonna Appelbaum of St. Louis County is a task force member.
The task force researches solutions related to substance abuse and pens legislation to help reach those goals. Applebaum proposed that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services should mirror its guidelines for opioid prescriptions that treat chronic pain with that of the C-D-C.
(From Missourinet)
