Alcohol-Fueled Deaths Double in US Over Past 20 Years
Between 1999 and 2017, alcohol-related deaths jumped from nearly 36,000 a year to almost 73,000. That’s about 1 million deaths lost to booze over …
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Drugs Now on Par With Economy as Concerns of Rural America
Public health experts have described a triple wave of deaths from prescription pills, heroin and fentanyl since the late 1990s, and have cited issues of …
2019 Expected Bad Year for Drug Overdose Deaths in Delaware
2019 may be one of the worst years for deaths from a drug overdose. The Wilmington News Journal reports that last year outpaced the record set by …
Few US teen opioid overdose survivors get recommended care
Jan. 8 — Even after surviving an opioid overdose, few U.S. teenagers receive the recommended treatment for their addiction, a new study shows.
Here’s why Florida knows more about its drug–overdose deaths than the feds
Though a surge of opioid-related deaths has been in the public spotlight for years, the federal government’s data on fatal overdoses could be …
Society must look in the mirror as drug deaths rise: Roger Ruvolo
On this side of the border, in 2017, there were 70,237 drug overdose deaths in the United States. That’s a whole city worth of people. That’s more …
Influx of overdose deaths pushing resources to intervene in any way possible
With six overdose deaths in 48 hours, officials and organizations are working to keep community members alive. Muskingum Behavioral Health, the …
Boxing legend Sonny Liston ‘was murdered in death staged to look like overdose‘, new …
A NEW documentary has sensationally claimed boxer turned mob enforcer Sonny Liston’s death was made to look like an overdose. The former …
Gov. Whitmer aims to cut overdose deaths in half over next 5 years
Whitmer aims to cut overdose deaths in half over next 5 years … Gretchen Whitmer speaks about a plan to decrease overdose deaths in the Michigan …
5 overdoses deaths within a week in Muskingum Co.
ZANESVILLE – At least five people have died within the last week due to overdoses, according to the Muskingum County Coroner’s office, bringing the …