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Drug Overdoses Killed More Than 107,000 People In The US In 2021, Marking A New, Tragic, Record
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoConfirming fears among public health officials, overdose deaths in the US sharply worsened again...
U.S. drug overdose deaths surpass 107,000 last year, another record
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMore than 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021, a new high for the United States as...
DARE Didn't Make Kids 'Say No' to Drugs. It Normalized Police in Schools.
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoPhoto: Nick Ut/Associated Press There's no such thing as a universal millennial experience, but DARE...
How xylazine – a tranquilizer showing up in fentanyl – makes it harder to slow overdose deaths
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOverdose-reversal drug Narcan is now allowed without a prescription, but experts are warning it...
A new synthetic opioid makes its way across the U.S., already killing one Cape Cod teen
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Jill Maiorana's son Joey Bernard died at age 18 in November from a drug overdose, she assumed...
How does Wegovy work? The ‘game changing’ weight loss drug beloved by Hollywood
The Independent UK via AOL· 8 months agoThe government has announced plans to funnel tens of millions into piloting the expansion of weight...
'They're not trying to die': How drug checking aims to protect users in a messy market
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOverdoses claimed some 107,000 lives last year in the U.S. Public health advocates, researchers and...
'It came out of nowhere': Xylazine makes Vermont street drugs more dangerous and deadly
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJeannie Morrill pulls back a bandage on her ankle, revealing an ugly wound, two tear-drop-shaped...
Providence safe injection site will be studied by Brown, NYU — what they're looking for
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPROVIDENCE — In 2021, Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to authorize centers for...
Mass. DPH backs drug use sites as ‘lifelines’ in addiction crisis
WFXT via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe state’s drug overdose crisis is persisting at record high levels, exacerbated by a “poisoned...