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Fact-check: Is fentanyl the leading cause of death among American adults?
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. reached a grim milestone in April 2021: more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses...
Is drug testing in Hilton Head area schools effective? How many students tested positive?
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAfter a three-year hiatus, Beaufort County Schools resumed testing this fall and eligible students...
CDC Confirms Nearly 107,000 Drug Overdose Deaths in 2021 as U.S. Life Expectancy Declines
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGetty Images Drug overdose deaths hit nearly 107,000 over the past year, according to federal data....
More American Indians and Black Americans died from a pandemic surge in fentanyl overdoses than any...
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoBetween 2016 and 2021, a period encompassing the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the rates of...
Providence safe injection site will be studied by Brown, NYU — what they're looking for
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPROVIDENCE — In 2021, Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to authorize centers for...
The Shady Statistics Behind the War on Painkillers
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLex Villena About twenty-three years ago, public health officials began to notice increases in what would later be called "deaths of despair," referring...
More Than 321,000 U.S. Kids Lost Parent to Drug Overdose
Time via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOxycodone is the generic name for a range of opoid pain killing tablets. Prescription bottle for...
Alcohol abuse spiked during the pandemic. Treatment hasn’t kept up.
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs states locked down in 2020, many of them moved to help restaurants and small businesses by making...
Breaking the cycle: Substance abuse crosses generations, as 16% of Wisconsinites report 4 or more...
The Post-Crescent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story is republished with the permission of The Press Times part of the NEW (Northeast...
Letters: Students write on dangers of drugs, alcohol
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: The following letters were written by students in Clinton High School teacher Jeff Delezenne's law class as a class assignment on the...