Overdose Report

The local public health unit has noticed an increase in opioid overdoses in … officials warning of more overdose calls in Belleville after 2 deaths in the last week. The health unit is urging those who use drugs to ensure they are using …

At a time when overdose deaths from opioids and other drugs are rising in many states, addiction specialists worry the changes will disrupt the fragile …

AUGUSTA, Maine —. There is a new free mobile app available in Maine that provides information that could help reduce the number of overdose deaths …

After a record-breaking high of 737 overdose deaths in Allegheny County in 2017, fatal overdoses in the county dropped by more than 40% in 2018.

AUGUSTA — Maine’s state government and the University of Maine said Thursday that a new mobile phone app can help reduce deaths from opioid …

However, the overdose death rate resulting from synthetic opioids, especially fentanyl, rose between 2017 and 2018. March 26, 2020 • By Benjamin …

Since December she saw the number of overdoses increase from one daily to at least two daily. Now, she said that number has gone down, but she …

Forensic pathologists beware: COVID-19 lives on in blood after death … COVID-19 is different only in that there is currently no treatment… and it is more … such as homicide, suicide, accident, heart attack, stroke, and drug overdose.

More recently, overdose deaths from stimulants have surged, potentially representing the next phase of the drug crisis. Overdoses from psychostimulants …

Of the 15,209 patients in unmonitored units, three patients died from opioid overdose. The reduced death rate when surveillance was available, …