A New Hampshire paper has named the “parents of the addiction crisis” as the citizens of the year for 2018. In New Hampshire last year, 437 people died of drug overdoses, a significant number in the small state. Many of them were young adults who left behind parents who were unable to save them, despite… Continue reading Parents Of Opioid Epidemic Named Citizens Of The Year
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Can A Google Search Predict An Overdose?
Researchers examined whether Internet search data from Google could help them predict where an overdose will occur. Technology has no doubt played a role in the opioid epidemic, with drug users and dealers able to order narcotics online and have them delivered directly to their homes. Now a new study suggests that the internet could… Continue reading Can A Google Search Predict An Overdose?
Fentanyl Officially The Deadliest Drug In America
According to a new report, fentanyl is responsible for more US deaths than any other drug. Fentanyl has become the most deadly drug in the nation, involved in more overdose deaths than any other illicit substance, according to a new report. According to the National Center for Health Statistics’ “Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug… Continue reading Fentanyl Officially The Deadliest Drug In America
Drug-Related Deaths Plunge In Ohio: How They Did It
The fading presence of carfentanil may have played a major role in the decline of drug-related deaths in some parts of Ohio. Overdose deaths in Montgomery County—in Dayton, Ohio—have dramatically decreased in 2018. The county has seen an incredible 54% decline in overdose deaths: there were 548 by November 30 last year; this year there… Continue reading Drug-Related Deaths Plunge In Ohio: How They Did It
One Washington County Is Treating The Opioid Crisis As A Natural Disaster
What if the government used the natural disaster coordinated system to mitigate the opioid epidemic? In Snohomish County in Western Washington, officials are taking a unique approach to the opioid crisis by declaring it a life-threatening emergency, as if it were a natural disaster. As overdose deaths are threatening more lives than hurricanes and mud… Continue reading One Washington County Is Treating The Opioid Crisis As A Natural Disaster
Global War On Drugs Is A Failure, Report Says
According to a new report, in the last decade, drug-related deaths have increased by 145%. The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC, a non-governmental network of 177 organizations) released a report calling the United Nations’ global war on drugs a failure. The report addressed the United Nations’ goal to eliminate the illegal drug market by 2019… Continue reading Global War On Drugs Is A Failure, Report Says
Overdose Deaths Increase in New Jersey Even As Prescriptions Decline
State attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal says that despite the fatal OD increase “there are reasons for hope.” Opioid overdose deaths in New Jersey increased by 24% last year, even as the number of prescriptions written for opioids fell for the first time in recent years. According to a press release from the state attorney… Continue reading Overdose Deaths Increase in New Jersey Even As Prescriptions Decline
Surge In K2 Overdoses Worries Brooklyn's Community Leaders
“We’ve seen this area be an epicenter for K2. Whether it’s a bodega or whether it’s a crime syndicate. It will not be allowed in this community.” After five individuals were hospitalized in the same evening for allegedly overdosing on synthetic marijuana community leaders and law enforcement in Brooklyn, New York announced a call for action to… Continue reading Surge In K2 Overdoses Worries Brooklyn's Community Leaders
How Fentanyl Changed The Opioid Crisis
The prevalence and potency of illicit fentanyl has changed the course of the opioid crisis for the worse. While prescription painkillers were previously attributed to the most deaths in the opioid epidemic, they no longer do. Instead, the leading cause of death in this context is now illegal fentanyl, according to a recent Bloomberg editorial. The… Continue reading How Fentanyl Changed The Opioid Crisis
Fentanyl Present In 90% Of Drugs, Massachusetts Officials Warn
The synthetic opioid is found more in combination with cocaine and benzodiazepines than heroin. Officials in Massachusetts are warning the public that the presence of the deadly synthetic opioid, fentanyl, is increasingly common in all types of illicit drugs in the state—not just in heroin or other opioids—raising the overdose risk for users of cocaine… Continue reading Fentanyl Present In 90% Of Drugs, Massachusetts Officials Warn