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EDITORIAL: Fentanyl’s toll on Colorado — in lives, and dollars, too
Colorado Springs Gazette· 16 hours agoFentanyl continues to hit Colorado where it hurts — foremost, in the devastating loss of human...
Preliminary data shows rate of fatal overdoses may be leveling in WV following 2020 spike
West Virginia Watch via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoAnnual drug overdose deaths in West Virginia appear to be continuing to slow after a 2020 spike,...
Rapper Travis Scott arrested after Miami Beach police say hip-hop star drunkenly yelled at yachters
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 1 day agoRapper Travis Scott was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday on misdemeanor charges of trespassing...
Letter: Decline is encouraging, but still too many opioid-related deaths
The Salem News· 19 hours ago(At Recovery Centers...America, we expect these numbers to be even higher once more recent data becomes available). - Massachusetts averages one death from excessive alcohol ...
As fatal overdoses decline statewide, Quincy records deadliest year on record
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoWhites (1,402) and men (1,513) made up the largest portions of the death toll. The state's analysis did not control for income or class. Age was also...which led to 36.8% ...
UK’s HEAL grant didn’t meet overdose death reduction goal, but still counts successes
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAn East Tennessee State University study in March found Kentucky has more residential addiction...
California Governor Gavin Newsom Announces Calrx®-Branded Over-The-Counter (OTC) Naloxone HCL Nasal...
Sierra Sun Times· 7 hours agoWhat you need to know: As part of Governor Newsom’s Master Plan for Tackling the Fentanyl and Opioid Crises, over-the-counter CalRx®-branded naloxone is now becoming available ...
DeWine authorizes emergency ban of nine synthetic opioids
The Lima News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJun. 17—COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order on June 4 authorizing the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to immediately classify nine synthetic opioids as Schedule I controlled substances ...
Study finds data-driven intervention did not impact opioid-related overdose death rates over...
Medical Xpress· 6 days agoResearchers identified the COVID-19 pandemic and increased prevalence of fentanyl in the illicit...
Inside Snapchat’s Teen Opioid Crisis
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLaw-enforcement sources and grieving families allege that the social media giant Snapchat has helped fuel a teen-overdose epidemic across the country....
