Atlanta Boy Recalls Tragic NightTimothy Hood was just walking over to the store with his friends one evening last spring when he became yet another grim statistic in the ongoing opioid crisis. Hood and his young friends were struck by a driver who had overdosed while driving. The car jumped the curb at more than 40 ... Read More
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NY State Launches Fentanyl Awareness Campaign
NY Sounds the Alarm on Hidden FentanylGov. Cuomo unveiled a new campaign on Tuesday called "Hidden Fentanyl Kills". The campaign focuses on the increasingly dangerous drug fentanyl. This far-reaching effort will include ads and information cards in English and Spanish detailing the dangers of the drug, prevention ... Read More
Tampa Man Buries Himself Alive To Draw Attention To Drug Overdoses
A Recovering Addict Hopes to Draw Attention to Overdose CrisisJohn Edwards from Tampa, Florida, is spending an unusual few days this holiday season - buried alive in an oversized coffin. By "speaking from the grave", Edwards is hoping he can stop those who are struggling from winding up in an early one. “I’m ... Read More
In York PA, November is the Cruelest Month
Central PA Struck By Drug Overdose CrisisThe York County Coroner's Office is not pulling any punches in trying to communicate the severity and danger of the current opioid crisis. After seeing 16 deaths in the first 19 days of November, they have issued a stark warning: The spate of recent deaths should not be ... Read More
In Lancaster, PA – Not All is Good and Plenty
Tight-knit communities struggle with opioid crisis.In a region famous for it lush farmland and picturesque Amish buggies - community leaders are now grappling with a growing opioid crisis that is anything but quaint. Newly released data from OverdoseFreePa.org - a product of a group of law enforcement and medical ... Read More
Former Addicts Helping Addicts in the ER
Innovative program offers help to addicts in the ERFaced with an ongoing overdose crisis, participants in the Behavioral Health Network of Greater St. Louis asked: “How can we work together to get this under control?” The network is a consortium of health providers, leaders, advocates and consumers who work ... Read More
Will A New Class of Painkillers Reduce Overdoses?
A new class of painkillers may lower overdose deathsOpioids offer incredible pain relief by acting on neuronal receptors. Unfortunately, they also have a powerful impact on portions of the brain that control respiration, leading to slower breathing - and in many instances - death. Now, the FDA is in the process of ... Read More
In West Virginia, Has Restricting Rx Meds Caused More Heroin Deaths?
Researchers Examine the True Impact of Rx Drug Monitoring ProgramsCall it the law of unintended consequences. Across the nation, 49 states have so-called prescription drug monitoring programs, and 36 states have laws requiring doctors to check them. But some new research adds an important caveat about how well ... Read More