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Segment 1: While the rest of the nation has seen a decrease in the number of drug overdose deaths, Missouri and Kansas have seen a rise.In 2018 death by…
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Missouri retained its lonely title as the only state without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program — for the seventh year in a row — after the…
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Segment 1: The impact of the Missouri Senate Conservative Caucus on the finals days of the 2019 session.They've been called the "Chaos Caucus" and their…
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About 15 miles southwest of St. Louis is Fenton City Park. It’s pretty unremarkable, with picnic shelters, softball fields, and flags waving gently from...
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Missouri remains the only state without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program, though it is a step closer. Again. The House debated the bill,…
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson thinks the state is “long overdue” for a statewide prescription-monitoring database for doctors. Parson, a Republican, said...
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Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley has issued subpoenas to three companies that distribute opioids throughout the United States. The subpoenas were...
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While communities across the country deal with dramatic increases in illegal opioid use, statistics in Johnson County suggest rates of death and addiction…
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Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order Monday to set up a statewide prescription drug monitoring program, ending Missouri's status as the final...
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Updated 7:45 p.m. May 22 with number of bills filed Monday – On the eve of his first legislative special session, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his...
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Missouri Republicans had a lot to be optimistic about when the General Assembly convened in January. For the first time nearly a decade, the GOP held...
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A proposal to finally create a prescription drug monitoring program was revived in the Missouri House on Tuesday, while the Senate came to terms with a...