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Drug Busts Are Linked to More Overdoses and Deaths
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPhoto by Nastya Dulhiier on Unsplash As the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) celebrates its 50th birthday, new research highlights how...
Why criminalization of drugs doesn't prevent overdoses
Salon via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGetty Images For more than a decade, the United States has been rocked by a record-breaking overdose...
California prison deaths from drug overdoses surged in 2023, reversing recent improvement
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDrug overdose deaths in California state prisons rebounded to near record levels last year even as...
Their brother died from an overdose. Can the man accused of giving him the drugs be held...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAlthough he was the youngest of nine, Adam Mundschau was the fixer of his family. His siblings knew...
Narcan will be available over the counter. What to know about opioid overdose drug
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMonths after it was first approved for over-the-counter use, Narcan will finally hit pharmacy...
17 suspected overdose deaths since Saturday prompts officials to warn of possible 'bad batch' of...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPublic health and emergency service officials are warning the public about a recent wave of overdose...
Nearly 107,000 drug overdoses, COVID deaths, push US life expectancy to lowest in 25 years
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNearly 107,000 Americans died as a result of a drug overdose last year, an increase of nearly 16%...
Dozens of US adolescents are dying from drug overdoses every month − an expert on substance use...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAmong adolescents, boys are more likely to die of an overdose than girls, and using combinations of...
Gun deaths, overdoses rise among U.S. kids while other injuries fall
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFirearm fatalities among children and teens rose by 87% between 2011 and 2021, while nonfatal gun...
Fatal overdoses in Worcester: Here are the trends, and where they happen most
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWORCESTER – The city experienced a slight increase in the total number of drug overdoses during the...