Lafayette Co. officials warn of increase in opioid deaths around the county
Lafayette County, MS — The start of the year has brought an alarming number of drug overdoses in one of Mississippi’s biggest counties, according to …
Lawmakers: pandemic has led to a drug addiction crisis
— There is growing concern about impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on drug addiction. Health officials say they’ve seen a surge in overdoses …
Bill would seek to generate better data on overdose deaths
Based on state estimates, 2020 will likely be the second deadliest on record for opioid overdoses, lagging behind only 2017 when drug overdoses …
Heroin Was the Most-Seized Narcotic by Humboldt County Drug Task Force Last Year, Followed …
In the first three-and-a-half months of 2021, HCDTF agents seized more than 187 grams of fentanyl and eight county residents died from a fentanyl …
NDP lawmaker tables bill to decriminalize drug use as overdose deaths soar
Vancouver has been the epicentre of an opioid crisis that saw British Columbia record 1,176 illicit drug overdose deaths in 2020 — the highest ever in …
Easily acquired fentanyl and pandemic at center of Trumbull County’s overdose increase, experts say
All but one of those people who died had some kind of opiate in their … the overdose deaths,” said April Caraway, executive director of the Trumbull …
Grieving mothers, drug users, recovering addicts share stories about BC’s overdose crisis in …
Since then over 7,000 people have died from overdose in the province. All of the speakers shared the view that the B.C. has government hasn’t done …
Bath, Brunswick police gain new tool to reduce fentanyl overdoses
Police and health officials hope making fentanyl test strips available will reduce the number of drug overdoses caused by the powerful opioid.
June 2021 Issue of AJPH Comprises the Effects of COVID-19 on Drug Overdoses, E-cigarette Use …
Fatal drug overdoses increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drug-related overdose deaths in the U.S. went up during the first half of 2020, …
‘It’s Going To Save Lives’: Colorado Naloxone Project Provides Opioid Overdose Medication To At …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – The coronavirus pandemic is being blamed for even more deaths as drug overdoses skyrocketed in Colorado during …