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City expands efforts to address opioid crisisOfficials in Boston are increasing funding for a program that sends city employees to visit people who have survived an overdose. The Boston Globe reports that the city will expand its overdose response team using a $150,000 award from the state Department of Public ... Read More
Synthetic opioids are replacing heroin, bringing a wave of overdosesPhiladelphia's heroin crisis has now morphed to the next level, and the result have been devastating. The Guardian reports that on the streets of Kensington, a crisis is taking shape that an anti-drug advertising campaign proposed by Trump may do ... Read More
State Officials Take Action in Face of Growing Opioid CrisisAs heroin-related deaths continue to rise, legislators in Colorado are looking to expand public health services. Colorado’s legislative Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee recently voted to move forward with a six-bill package ... Read More
Central Pennsylvania Fighting Wave of Fentanyl OverdosesIn a town best known for its famous weather groundhog, Punxsutawney is getting a fresh round of "bad weather" as a batch of deadly fentanyl is rolling through the this scenic region of Central Pennsylvania. State Police at Punxsutawney issued a warning on ... Read More
Chinese Fentanyl Kingpins Targeted By US DOJMade In China goods have become woven into the US economy over the last two decades, so perhaps it's not surprising that now synthetic opioids are also being manufactured in China and shipped to the US via the mail. In an effort to crack down on these deadly shipments the ... Read More
Addicts in St. Louis Celebrating Their Recovery This ChristmasWriting at Huff Post, author Ritchie Farrell looked at how the lives of five former addicts were changed for the better by Naltrexone - a relatively under-used drug in the battle against opioid addiction: How did five heroin addicts from St. Louis, ... Read More
CDC report highlights impact of fentanylThe CDC released its latest report on the opioid epidemic, and the statistics are staggering. About 63,600 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the CDC data show. About 42,000 of them died after taking opioids. Among these deaths, 19,000 were due to a synthetic ... Read More
DEA Agents link doctor to five overdose deathsMt. Carmel, PA is a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania, located almost 100 miles from Philadelphia in the old anthracite coal region. DEA officials are claiming this quiet town is the epicenter of the state's largest prescription "pill mill" where one doctor has ... Read More
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