Arkansas Drug Director Kirk Lane will start work Aug. 22 as director of the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership that has been formed by the Association of Arkansas Counties and the Arkansas Municipal League, association Executive Director Chris Villines said Friday.
Unity Health White County Medical Center in Searcy announced Tuesday it will be the first hospital in Arkansas to participate in a new program that will give out naloxone, an antidote for opioid overdoses, for patients to take home.