Por: Portland Press Herald Health January 27, 2023
AUGUSTA — Illicit drugs and people who are using alone are the primary driving forces behind the record number of Mainers who died from a drug overdose last year, the state’s director of opioid response told lawmakers Wednesday. Preliminary data from the University of Maine show that 2022 is already a record-breaking year for overdose deaths in Maine: 649 people died from a fatal overdose during the first 11 months of the year. There were... + full article
CBS News USA Politics January 20, 2023
A shows that reducing restrictions on buprenorphine, a medication that can treat opioid use disorder, did not lead to an increase in overdose deaths involving the treatment. The findings may help allay concerns that making buprenorphine more widely available could lead to more... + más
If you're worried about prescription opioids, you should be really scared of fentanyl | Los Angeles Times
Why Overdose Deaths Have Increased | Time
CBS News USA Politics January 04, 2023
Without opioid painkillers to dull the ache in his knees and other joints, Arnold Wilson wouldn't be able to walk half a block. The 63-year-old former New York City nurse has crippling arthritis for which he takes OxyContin twice a day and oxycodone when he needs additional... + más
FDA makes it easier for harm reduction groups to purchase lifesaving naloxone | The Verge
FDA could approve over-the-counter nasal spray, autoinjectors to treat opioid overdoses | CNBC
CBS News USA Politics December 22, 2022
Accelerating deaths from COVID-19 and drug overdoses fueled a second straight year of worsening life expectancy, down to the shortest it has been since 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.The estimates, published in a now analyzing the final data... + más
COVID, overdoses drive US life expectancy to shortest since ‘96, CDC says | New York Post
US life expectancy last year fell to the lowest age since 1996 | 10 WBNS
WPLG Local 10 USA Health November 17, 2022
NEW YORK – Have U.S. drug overdose deaths stopped rising? Preliminary government data suggests they may have, but many experts are urging caution, noting that past plateaus didn't last.U.S. overdose death rates began steadily climbing in the 1990s driven by opioid... + más
US overdose deaths may be peaking, but experts are wary | ABC News
US overdose deaths may be peaking, but experts are wary | Associated Press
Associated Press USA Science November 17, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — Have U.S. drug overdose deaths stopped rising? Preliminary government data suggests they may have, but many experts are urging caution, noting that past plateaus didn’t last.U.S. overdose death rates began steadily climbing in the 1990s driven by opioid... + más
US overdose deaths may be peaking, but experts are wary | WPLG Local 10
ABC News USA Health November 16, 2022
NEW YORK -- Have U.S. drug overdose deaths stopped rising? Preliminary government data suggests they may have, but many experts are urging caution, noting that past plateaus didn't last.U.S. overdose death rates began steadily climbing in the 1990s driven by opioid... + más
Los Angeles Times USA Nation September 27, 2022
An 18-year-old has been charged with murder in San Bernardino County for allegedly selling the opioids that led to another teen's overdose death, prosecutors said. Alfred Urrea of Bloomington pleaded not guilty and was ordered held on $1-million bail Monday. His charges... + más
Rainbow Fentanyl: What it looks like and what happens if you overdose | Newsweek
What is rainbow fentanyl? Colorful pills drive new warnings about deadliest drug in the US | CNN
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