COVID drives Cambria fatal overdose climb: Coroner says fentanyl blends amount to ‘Russian …
An analysis of last year’s fatal overdoses also showed that a contrasting blend of drugs was also responsible for more than half of Cambria’s 71 deaths.
Month: April 2021
Michigan’s drug overdose deaths increased by at least 16% in first six month of 2020 compared to …
Opioid-related overdose deaths decreased in 2019 by 13.2% from 2018’s total of 2,036. However, preliminary data from January through June of 2020 …
Father speaks out after losing daughter in drug overdose
St. Joseph’s overdose reports spiking in 2021. Buchanan County EMS reports 150 overdoses by the end of March. Five people have died. City leaders …
Local agency holding drugs ‘Take Back Day’ on April 24
With opioid overdose deaths increasing annually, safely collecting medications is just one way non-profit organizations like the Alcohol and Drug …
Michigan drug overdoses were trending down before COVID-19 pandemic
In 2019, there were 2,354 fatal overdoses in Michigan. 1,768 of them—or about 75%–were opioid–related.
NOPD to keep making drug possession arrests despite new DA policy, chief says
Prosecutors said they are treating heroin and fentanyl differently from other drugs because they are closely linked to the increase in overdose deaths …
Overdose deaths increased in early 2020 after steady decline
New data released by the state health department shows an increase in overdoses from January to June of 2020. Opioids in Michigan.(WLUC). By …
Prison time ordered for Chippewa Falls man who sold drugs that killed 2 people
Judge Steven Gibbs gave Shane Paul Johnson 10 years in prison for selling the fentanyl and heroin that caused the 2017 overdose deaths of Samuel …
Louisiana: America’s top state for overdose death increase, CDC says
Dr. Shaden Murad has worked at West Jefferson Hospital’s emergency room for more than two years, and she said she saw the rate of opioid abuse …
Overdose deaths surging amid the COVID-19 pandemic: CDC
… Finance’s Adriana Belmonte, Kristin Myers and Alexis Christoforous to discuss surge in overdose deaths amid the pandemic and drug prevention.