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BILL CRAWFORD: Ignored problems don’t disappear, they become crises
Mississippi’s prison crisis is about to teach new legislators a hard lesson. “Prison brass warned of dangerous conditions ... Read more
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Nation And World
UPDATED: Judge issues $572M verdict against opioid company
NORMAN, OKLA. — A New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company caused an Oklahoma opioid crisis that led to thousands of ... Read more
Local News
Meridian man charged with murder; victim’s name released
A Meridian man was charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife late Saturday night. Saundra ... Read more
Columns
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: Let’s make good homes!
Sometimes a name reveals more than you realize at first glance. “My father, Bill Foster, was a ... Read more
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Trump declares opioid crisis is a national emergency, pledges more money and attention
President Trump on Thursday declared the country's opioid crisis a national emergency, saying the scourge exceeded anything he ... Read more
Nation And World
Veterans’ health-care gap creates ‘greater risk’ for opioid abuse
WASHINGTON - The information about the veteran is scant, clinical in tone, yet disturbing. Read more
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In lawsuit, Missouri says big pharma caused opioid crisis with ‘campaign of fraud and deception’
Helen Fabick was an honors student who in February 2014 was supposed to attend a daddy-daughter dance at ... Read more
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Opioid crisis threatens rural Georgia’s workforce
ATLANTA – The state’s emerging opioid crisis may be partly to blame for the workforce shortages stymieing local ... Read more
Local News
Public Safety Commissioner spotlights opioid crisis, shortages
The four months Marshall L. Fisher has worked as the commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety ... Read more
Columns
Mental Health: Changing the conversation
The early Greeks believed in a mind-body dualism or that the mind and body are distinct and ... Read more