Fewer U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Reported Last Year
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday. Agency officials noted the data is …
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Deadly overdoses fell in US for first time in five years, new estimates show
Emily Alpert Reyes | (TNS) Los Angeles Times Deaths from drug overdoses fell last year in the United States as fewer people lost their lives to fentanyl and other opioids, …
California strikes deal for cheaper overdose-reversing medication
California struck up a new deal with Amneal Pharmaceuticals on Monday to bolster the state’s supply of the opioid overdose-reversing medication naloxone at a much lower price for schools, police …
Naloxone-resistant street drug linked to 9 deaths in Eastern Canada seized in Alberta
A street drug linked to nine deaths in Eastern Canada is showing up in Alberta, prompting RCMP to issue a warning about its potentially lethal consequences. Grande Prairie RCMP received …
Move over, fentanyl? Stimulant overdose deaths are rising fast
Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose deaths — but carnage from stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine is rising at a much faster clip. …
Amid fentanyl epidemic, California bill aims to add more sober homeless housing
Gwendolyn Bryant died of a fentanyl overdose when she was supposed to be celebrating her granddaughter’s 15th birthday. When Bryant didn’t show up to the party, her daughter, Sheenia Branner, …
More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help?
Martha Bebinger, WBUR | KFF Health News (TNS) A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. After he was …
Program is part of the state’s Naloxone Distribution Project
By Nadia Lopez | Bloomberg The warnings are coming from across California. In Marin County, just across the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco, there were five suspected fentanyl-related deaths …
Two Oakland residents from Honduras sentenced for selling fentanyl, meth – The Mercury News
Two Oakland residents originally from Honduras were handed multiyear prison sentences on Friday for selling fentanyl and methamphetamines in the San Francisco Tenderloin and other parts of the Bay Area, …
New bill takes aim at fentanyl deaths among youngest Californians. Could it work?
In an effort to reverse an alarming trend of fentanyl overdose deaths among infants and toddlers, state Sen. Dave Cortese has introduced legislation intended to provide counties with better tools …