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Young Addict Signs Up for Organ Donation, Saves Five LivesBrennan Rucker must have known the odds were not in his favor, so he went ahead and signed up for organ donation. Having struggled with depression and addiction for many years, he finally overdosed on heroin just before Christmas, 2015. Now families in the ... Read More
ODMAP Technology Gives Officials Realtime Overdose TrackingAs the opioid crisis continues to claim countless lives, officials across the country are beginning to deploy sophisticated mapping technology to help track overdose "hotspots", and be able to proactively warn communities that especially deadly batches of ... Read More
New program looks to help addicts find help - by calling policeAs opioid addicts move from prescription pills into illegal street heroin, they are very unlikely to contact police unless someone has overdosed. Now, as reported by KSN.com, police in Wichita are looking to implement a unique program called "A Way Out" ... Read More
Talented Chef Smoked Crack While Starting Famous RestaurantsMichael Solomonov dropped out of college due to his drug habits, but didn't really consider himself an addict. Then, after his brother was killed in the Israeli army, he began smoking crack. As reported in the Atlantic, the winner of the 2017 James Beard ... Read More
In Little Rock, 2018 Starts On a Grim NoteAt this time last year, Little Rock had seen its share of overdoses, but only one fatality. Now, just one month into 2018, and there have already been five overdose deaths. As reported by Arkansas Matters, Little Rock Police officials say overdose death numbers so far in ... Read More
Should Philly pursue even bolder steps to fight opioid crisis? As the opioid crisis continues its deadly path of destructions, cities like Philadelphia are exploring new public initiatives such as safe injection sites. As reported in Philly.com, one Temple University professor proposes that the city should push the ... Read More
Ohio town sees decrease in number of overdosesOhio has been hit hard by the opioid crisis, with thousands of deaths and countless overdoses. Now, at least in Middletown, OH, there seems to be some small signs of improvement. As officials gathered for the 12th annual Heroin Summit, there were some positive statistics to ... Read More
Neurologists increasingly find addicts with memory damageDr. Jed Barash began noticing a strange pattern of memory damage in his patients at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb. The MRI scans of these relatively young patients all showed damage to the hippocampi, which is a ... Read More
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