IDNYC Drug Discounts Cancelled for Addictive Opioid Medications
The measure to remove the discount for medications such as Oxycodone targets the addictive drugs after years of rising fatal overdoses.
Four drug deaths in Brisbane and three in Perth after 91 overdoses in four days
Four people have died from drug overdoses in Brisbane over the past week and six more have been left critically ill. And in Perth three young people …
San Francisco supervisor demands crisis response to surge in drug overdose deaths
“This is a public health and a public safety crisis if there ever was one,” said Haney. “The open drug use and overdose deaths in our city are increasing …
MLB Updates Drug Policy to Include Opioid Testing
SAN DIEGO — After a season that saw the opioid-overdose death of a 27-year-old pitcher, Major League Baseball and the players’ union on Thursday …
Drug treatment admissions dropping in SF even as overdoses spike. Here’s why
Admissions to addiction treatment programs in San Francisco have dropped by 20% over the past five years, even as drug use and overdose deaths …
A drug-smuggling ring, retaliation and a cover-up led to a prisoner’s death, lawsuit alleges
Zakora’s family claims he died from an overdose of fentanyl, which they say flowed into the prison through a drug-smuggling ring run by the guards …
3 Accused In Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Of Santa Rosa Dad, Baby Son
“This case involves fentanyl and a $125 drug transaction that led to the untimely deaths of a father and his 13-month old son,” Fallin said.
Four dead in Queensland drug overdoses
Four people have died from drug overdoses in Brisbane over the past week and … The spike has prompted an urgent health warning from police and …
Opioid overdoses increase in Livingston, decline in Steuben, Allegany
Opioid overdose deaths declined in Allegany County from four in 2017 to one in 2018, while the number of emergency room visits for overdoses were …
Extending Medicaid after childbirth could reduce maternal deaths
Nationwide, drug overdoses, suicides and pregnancy-related chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure are …