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Drug Overdose Deaths Are Dropping. The Reasons Are Not Perfectly Clear.
The decrease across the country is a major breakthrough in efforts to reverse the effects of fentanyl. Researchers and health officials say there is n [...]
Overdose Deaths Dropped in U.S. in 2023 for First Time in Five Years
Preliminary numbers show a nearly 4 percent decrease in deaths from opioids, largely fentanyl, but a rise in deaths from meth and cocaine.
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Walgreens to offer cheaper opioid overdose drug
A person rides past a Walgreens truck, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, in Manhattan, New York City, on Nov. 26, 2021.Andrew Kelly | ReutersWalg [...]
Overdose or Poisoning? A New Debate Over What to Call a Drug Death.
Grieving families want official records and popular discourse to move away from reflexive use of “overdose,” which they believe blames victims for the [...]
New Fentanyl Laws Ignite Debate Over Combating Overdose Crisis
Three teenage girls were found slumped in a car in the parking lot of a rural Tennessee high school last month, hours before graduation ceremonies. Tw [...]
U.S. Recorded Nearly 110,000 Overdose Deaths in 2022
Still, Dr. Ciccarone said, “one can’t be utterly optimistic that this is a signal of a permanent change.” He warned of the continuing trend of overdos [...]
Workers Fighting America’s Overdose Crisis Are ‘Hanging by a Thread’
President Biden has endorsed “harm reduction,” which aims to cut down on overdoses by encouraging safer drug use. But the organizations carrying out t [...]
Drug overdose deaths among seniors have more than tripled in 2 decades
Deaths from drug and alcohol use are rising among America's seniors.Drug overdose deaths more than tripled among people age 65 and older during the pa [...]
Overdose Deaths Continue Rising, With Fentanyl and Meth Key Culprits
WASHINGTON — Deaths from drug overdoses continued rising to record-breaking levels in 2021, nearing 108,000, according to preliminary new data publish [...]
US suicides dropped however fentanyl overdose deaths spiked throughout Covid-19
After years of steadily transferring in tandem, two of America’s worst public well being tendencies diverged in the course of the coronavirus pa [...]
Drug overdose deaths fell in 2018 — however had been nonetheless close to file highs
American drug overdose deaths fell for the primary time in 28 years in 2018 however stay close to file highs, based on a brand new report launch [...]
Medicaid enlargement linked to six% discount in opioid overdose deaths
Obamacare’s Medicaid enlargement, which gave hundreds of thousands of low-income adults entry to medical health insurance, was linked to a 6 p.c [...]
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