Reminder on Prescription Drug Take Back Day this weekend
In Virginia, opioid overdose deaths have been steadily increasing over the last decade, with heroin deaths up more than 1,056 percent between 2010 …
Vancouver city council approves Yaletown overdose prevention site
The latest numbers from the coroners service show British Columbia recorded 127 drug overdose deaths in September, pushing the province’s death …
Vancouver council approves drug injection site for downtown
Vancouver city council has approved a supervised drug injection site … of deaths in our city, and we know that this proposed overdose prevention site …
BC announces 167 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 more death
So far this year, 1,202 people have died of a fatal overdose compared to a total of 983 deaths for all of 2019. B.C. is in the midst of its second wave of …
Steve Bing had asked a friend to help him kill himself shortly after his girlfriend’s fatal drug …
About 24 hours later, Allexanne would suffer an overdose after taking a Xanax pill that had been laced with fentanyl. She was declared dead on July 3, …
South Bend area’s largest drug take back event is scheduled for Saturday
Overdose deaths in the county dropped to 62 in 2018, and dropped again in 2019, to 35. Through August of this year, though, St. Joseph County already …
Advocates call for more help to prevent overdose deaths
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Advocates say the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated drug overdoses in New York, and that more action is needed …
September overdose deaths down from August
Males accounted for 80% of deaths. Overdose death rates have decreased in recent months from highs in May, June and July. Illicit drug toxicity death …
Advocates call for more help to prevent overdose deaths
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Advocates say the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated drug overdoses in New York, and that more action is needed by …
Help.org Names the Best Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Nashville
According to recent studies, drug overdose is the leading cause of death among people under age 50. In Nashville, deaths related to opioid abuse …