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Mother Mourns the Loss of Her Talented SonHe was a gifted wide-receiver, and excelled in math and engineering, but in the end Blake Meier lost a long battle with drug addiction, leaving his grieving mother with heartache and many unanswered questions. On Aug. 10, 2016, Blake overdosed in a West Palm Beach motel ... Read More
Erie PA Takes Longterm View As Opioid Crisis GrowsOverdose deaths are expected to continue rising with no end in sight, a researcher from the University of Pittsburgh told Erie County’s Heroin Overdose Community Awareness Task Force on Friday. “If our projections are right, it doesn’t really look like it’s going to ... Read More
CDC Accelerates Opioid Data Reporting to Help Identify Hot SpotsIt is not as dramatic as arresting drug kingpins, but the CDC's work tracking the data of the opioid epidemic is essential for turning the tide against this ongoing crisis. Now they are accelerating their efforts. Overdose deaths and emergency room data ... Read More
Dramatic Rise in Fentanyl Moving Across the BorderThe amounts of fentanyl annually seized by U.S. border and immigration authorities are nearly three and five times the amounts previously taken, according to new federal data. Considering it takes just a few grains of fentanyl to trigger a deadly overdose, the amounts ... Read More
As Opioid Crisis Intensifies, Even K9 Dogs At RiskIn Abraham Lincoln's hometown, the opioid crisis is affecting even our four-legged friends. As the crisis continues, K9 dogs are now seeing its effects. "It's incumbent upon us to check that area for our canine partners to make sure that the area in which they are ... Read More
Babies Found Bags of Drugs and Helped ThemselvesIn two unrelated incidents this past week in the Bronx, one-year-old babies found bags of drugs and ingested the contents before their parents realized what had happened. Police said the one of the overdoses happened Saturday around 7 a.m. at a home on Tiebout Ave. ... Read More
Walgreens Steps Up, Stocks Narcan In All Its PharmaciesAs the opioid crisis spreads into cities big and small all across the nation, one pharmacy chain is taking the lead and addressing the situation head on. “By stocking Narcan in all our pharmacies, we are making it easier for families and caregivers to help their ... Read More
In Kensington Section of Philly, Don't Leave Home Without Your NarcanPhiladelphia reporter Mike Newall has been writing about the region's heroin epidemic for the past year, and was very disciplined about bring Narcan with him - just in case something happened. Until one day, he forgot to bring it... "Worry pulled ... Read More
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