The state secured more than $372.6 million in settlements with drug makers and distributors, but only a fraction of the money has so far gone to pay for addiction research and treatment.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health had as many as 175 contact tracers last year, but is down to about 30 today. It needs to almost double that number to deal with a growing number of COVID-19 cases.
State investigators have found nearly two dozen fatal overdoses over the past 15 months tied to fake oxycodone.
“You do not mess with her kids or grandkids at all. You just don’t do it.”
“Just a good guy who would help anyone.”
The three-day average for hospitalizations was at 607 on Wednesday, the highest level since Feb. 23, when there were 647 patients.
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“She loved helping everybody.”
There have been at least 13 fatal police shootings in Oklahoma this year, records show.
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