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Opioid overdose deaths hit all time high in Alaska
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner· 13 hours agoOn the eve of National Fentanyl Awareness Day, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced the “One Pill Can Kill” fentanyl awareness...
Unveiling the new opioid threatening lives
Galveston County Daily News· 2 hours agoWhen a man died of a drug overdose in Colorado, it took some time to determine what drugs were responsible. It turns out it was not the fentanyl we are
Opioid use disorders are undertreated among formerly incarcerated Virginians on Medicaid
The Daily Progress· 7 hours agoA new Virginia Commonwealth University study shows that opioid use disorders are underdiagnosed and...
Record overdose deaths recorded in Erie County as nature of crisis keeps changing
The Buffalo News· 11 hours agoThe Erie County Department of Health determined that 366 individuals died of opioid-related drug...
Pima County overdose deaths hit all-time high in 2023
KOLD News 13 Tuscon· 19 minutes agoThe drug crisis in Pima County is trending in the wrong direction. According to the Pima County Health Department, the county’s overdose deaths hit an all-time high in 2023 at 510. Mark Person ...
Five arrested in Texas after surge in opioid-related deaths
San Antonio Express-News· 11 hours agoFive people have been arrested in connection with last week's deadly opioid overdose outbreak in Austin. The Austin Police Department confirmed that all five individuals were ...
Austin opioid overdose outbreak: 5 arrested for possession of fentanyl-laced drugs
FOX 7 Austin· 1 day agoFive arrests follow an investigation into the source of narcotics related to the recent outbreak of ...
Officials tout Narcan vending machine as needed tool to prevent opioid deaths
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 6 hours agoMarcia Goodman-Hinnershitz with the Council on Chemical Abuse (COCA) cut the ribbon, marking the...
'Outbreak' of opioid overdoses in Austin, Texas, linked to 8 deaths and over 50 emergency calls
NBC News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPolice in Austin, Texas, said they responded to an "outbreak" of over 50 opioid-related overdose...
Student Arrested After Georgia Teen Collapses and Dies at School
The Daily Beast· 8 hours agoMia Dieguez died Monday after going into cardiac arrest at Dunwoody High School, with first...
