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Program aims to increase available opioid treatment through training of healthcare professionals

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has signed an agreement with University of Iowa Health Care to develop a comprehensive, statewide opioid treatment program using $3.8 million in settlement funds.  

Last year, 55,000 Iowans were helped by federal Victims of Crime Act grant funds

DES MOINES – The Iowa Attorney General’s office today announced that the Crime Victim Assistance Division received $12.76 million from the U.S. Department of Justice to fund victim assistance and victim compensation programs in Iowa. 

Progress being made, but more must be done to stop scourge of robocalls 

DES MOINES - Attorney General Tom Miller, who has made fighting robocalls a top priority, today released an update on telecom companies’ progress in implementing the Anti-Robocall Principles he signed onto in 2019.  

'Let’s not forget the overwhelming risk to public health'

DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller issued the following statement regarding the announcement today by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration:  

Settlement money would go toward treatment, prevention

DES MOINES – Attorney General Tom Miller supports a historic $26 billion agreement that will help bring desperately needed relief to people across the country who are struggling with opioid addiction.

Ramirez selected by 5C district judges

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller made the following statement:

Salazar is well-equipped to meet the challenges of serving the role

DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller today joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general to urge the U.S. Senate to approve former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s nomination as U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

Settlement will go toward opioid treatment, prevention  

DES MOINES – Attorney General Tom Miller announced a resolution of his lawsuit against Purdue Pharma that will require its owners, the Sackler family, to pay more than $4.3 billion for prevention, treatment and recovery efforts across the country.