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Study links rise in child suicides to post-OxyContin opioid crisis
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoChild suicides rose fastest in parts of the country where the use of illicit opioids such as heroin...
Study finds no link between marijuana use and starting or stopping opioids
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCannabis isn't a gateway drug that can spark a person's desire to try narcotics, a new study...
Opioid overdose deaths more likely among Mass. residents injured at work, new DPH report says
WFXT via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWorking-age Massachusetts residents who died between 2011 and 2020 were 35 percent more likely to...
Conservative Policies Linked to Higher Death Rates for Americans, Study Finds
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGorodenkoff Productions OU / GettyNovember’s midterms will serve as a political referendum on a...
How Ky’s investment in studying an African plant could reshape opioid treatment | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 9 months agoKentucky is grappling with an escalating opioid epidemic, reflecting a nationwide trend. The already...
Xylazine, the newest killer street drug in Michigan: What you need to know
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA non-opioid animal tranquilizer for which there is no antidote is being mixed into Michigan street...
More overdose deaths now linked to smoking drugs instead of injections: Research
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMore deaths caused by overdosing have now been linked to people smoking drugs, as opposed to...
Tranq increasingly found in opioid overdose deaths, CDC warns
NBC Universal via AOL· 11 months agoThe animal tranquilizer called xylazine or tranq is increasingly found mixed with fentanyl and...
Officials say opioid 'outbreak' in Austin, Texas, linked to 9 deaths and 75 overdoses
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAUSTIN, Texas — Texas officials are investigating an "outbreak" of opioid overdoses in Austin after emergency personnel responded to dozens of incidents from Monday to Wednesday, resulting in ...
OxyContin's Reformulation Linked to Rising Suicides by Children
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBenzo Pharmacy In 2010, Purdue Pharma replaced the original version of OxyContin, an...