In the News

2024

Missourians differ on how to spend millions in opioid settlement payouts - STLPR, Nov 2024

Missouri’s drug overdose deaths decline by 11%, but researcher says work is far from over - Missourinet, Oct 2024

Missouri sees 28% drop in overdose deaths compared to this time last year - First Alert 4, Oct 2024

Audrain County offers free fentanyl test strips amid ongoing opioid crisis - KOMU, Sept 2024

Kansas City-area emergency responders participate in joint overdose response training - KSHB, Aug 2024

UMSL-MIMH distributes millionth dose of naloxone in Missouri - KMOV, Mar 2024

Loss of friend to gun violence spurred Urban Community Health Worker of the Year to help others - First Alert 4, Mar 2024

Combating a Crisis: A roundtable on fentanyl - KMOV, Jan 2024

Academic research informs response to St. Louis overdose crisis as deaths remain high - KMOV, Jan 2024

2023

UMSL’s Addiction Science Team helps combat the opioid epidemic in Missouri - UMSL Daily, Nov 2023

As opioid overdose crisis continues, millions in settlement money arrives in Missouri - Fox 2 News, Nov 2023

Newly legal fentanyl testing strips help fight overdose deaths in MO - Public News Service, Nov 2023

For Immediate Release: Improving Access to Naloxone in St. Louis in Public Housing - Aug 2023

Substance users fall through the cracks as overdose epidemic rolls on - First Alert 4, Jul 2023

Advocates frustrated by lack of action one year after mass overdose at St. Louis high-rise - St. Louis Post Dispatch, Feb 2023

For Immediate Release: CENTER Initiative Remembers Parkview One Year Later: Further Action Needed - Feb 2023

Has Anything Changed Since St. Louis' Deadliest Mass Overdose? - Riverfront Times, Jan 2023

2022

St. Louis combats opioid crisis as overdose deaths skyrocket among Black Americans - PBS, Aug 2022

Black opioid overdose deaths in St. Louis are up 500% in 6 years - STL Public Radio, Apr 2022

Missouri’s fentanyl crisis is worsening, but patients can’t get treatment for substance abuse - STL Public Radio, Apr 2022

CENTER Initiative Urges Increased Investment in Wake of Recent Overdose Deaths - Feb 2022