prescription drugs

Law professors who reviewed the redacted content for the Kansas News Service struggled to understand why the state would consider it legal to black out the information.

A state agency said its redactions shield trade secrets. But the text below the black remained readable. So we took it to experts in antitrust and public records law.

Taxpayers and state employees could be paying too much for medications. Experts say a 16-page audit commissioned by Kansas doesn't dig in to find out.

From Texas Standard: Americans pay some of the highest prices in the developed world for prescription medication: On average, each individual spends $1...

A prescription drug monitoring program in Kansas will receive a federal grant worth more than $178,000 to help fight the opioid crisis. The Kansas Board...

In the last three years, 3,000 Oklahomans have lost their lives due to the opioid crisis.Now, as the Enid News And Eagle reports, state Attorney General…

A little-noticed bill in the Texas Legislature has drawn the attention—and the alarm—of health care professionals.As The Texas Tribune reports, House Bill…

Middle-aged white women—especially in rural areas—continue to die at a much faster rate than many other groups.The Washington Post has published several…

Almost 3,000 Texans died from drug-related overdoses two years ago, and many of these were related to prescription opioid use.The Centers for Disease…

Many states have recently limited prescriptions for opioids, after an increase in overdose deaths has rocked rural America. But the new opioid limits are…