Lion’s Gate Recovery introduces social detox program in response to rising opioid deaths
… CONTENT — The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t the only health crisis devastating families and communities. Across the country, drug overdose deaths …
Butte County sees a 34% increase in overdose deaths in 2020
This spike in overdose deaths would be far greater if not for first responders using antidote drugs for opioid–related overdoses, O’Brien said. O’Brien …
Ex Suffolk ME said officials started workshops when opioid overdose deaths increased
Heroin deaths increased fivefold from 37 to 165 between in 2010 and 2015, he said, citing county government reports, but that was still less than …
Harm reduction strategies key to lessening overdose deaths, coroner says
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The Peoria County Coroner said harm reduction efforts separated the region from the rest of the state – and the country …
OBN shares progress with decade old ‘drug take back’ program
“Our overdose deaths, the fatalities that we are seeing, are contributed to our drugs that are coming from clandestine laboratories that are not …
Kercheval: COVID, drug addiction shorten the country’s lifespan
Drug overdose deaths rose dramatically in 2020. The CDC report attributes 93,331 deaths in 2020 to drug overdoses, up 30 percent from the year …
With Pandemic-Related Spike In Overdose Deaths, New York Advocates Push For Prevention …
Nearly 40% more New Yorkers died last year from an overdose, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health officials …
Drug–overdose death-surge moves coalition to action as school starts
During 2020, 93,000 people in the U.S.—the highest number ever recorded—died from drug overdoses, up from about 72,000 deaths the previous …
Operation Hammer and Hope aims to reduce drug overdoses in Clay County
– Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook on Thursday announced Operation Hammer and Hope, a two-step process of reducing drug overdoses in the …
Want to reduce overdose rates? Treat poverty first.
Drug–related deaths for Black Americans have persistently climbed. Within Maryland, Black people over 55 had more opioid-overdose deaths in 2020 …