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California Health Officials Tackle Opioid Crisis With Help From Counties

November 9, 2017 | Sammy Caiola

President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national public health crisis last month, but didn’t specify any new funding to combat the problem. California health officials say their efforts to reduce overdose deaths are already in full swing.

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Plumas Schools Weigh Response To Opioid Epidemic

June 15, 2017 | Ali Budner

Plumas County has California's highest death rate from prescription opioid overdoses. This year the state made it legal for schools to stock the overdose reversal drug, but that might be easier said than done in Plumas.

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