The public health numbers were cause for celebration: U.S. overdose deaths fell for a second year in a row. After two decades of rising deaths, fatal overdoses killed…
Read more What’s driving down US overdose deaths?An overdose prevention nonprofit is warning visitors to Orlando this weekend to remain vigilant about their use of party drugs, especially at the three-day Electrical Daisy Carnival, following…
Read more Project Overdose warns of highly potent opioid in local drug supply ahead of EDC OrlandoOverdoses among young people appear to be falling across the D.C. region since schools tackled the issue with education and Narcan training, according to a WTOP analysis of…
Read more Opioid overdoses are declining across the DC region. What’s behind the trend? – WTOP NewsDENVER — Denver Health is sharing the stories of patients and support specialists to ease the stigma surrounding fentanyl use and, in turn, reduce overdose deaths. According to…
Read more Denver Health sharing patients’ stories to ease stigma of fentanyl useWhen federal agencies recognize an “awareness day” for something, that’s code for: “Take this seriously. Please.” Deaths from fentanyl — the synthetic, often deadly opioid frequently present in…
Read more Fentanyl: Facts and myths on the drug driving OD deathsBAYPORT, Minn. — Sgt. Staci Stone had just begun her shift on a Thursday morning at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater when a nurse called for Narcan, the antidote to…
Read more Minnesota prison guard describes dangerous encounters with drug smuggling: “It’s scary for everyone”Students in Loudoun County will now be able to carry naloxone in their backpacks, as part of an update to the school district’s student medication policy. Students in…
Read more Loudoun Co. approves plan to allow students to carry Narcan at school – WTOP NewsAn inmate at the Sacramento County main jail has died after he and his cellmate were found unresponsive in their cell on Friday, according to the sheriff’s office.Deputies…
Read more Sacramento County jail inmate dies after he was found unresponsive with cellmateRockville-based Emergent BioSolutions is eliminating 300 jobs and will not fill 85 current job openings, as part of a broad restructuring that also includes closing manufacturing facilities, including…
Read more Rockville-based Narcan maker Emergent is cutting hundreds of jobs – WTOP NewsCalifornia is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the drug that can save someone’s life during an opioid overdose, under…
Read more California joining with N.J. company to buy generic opioid overdose reversal drug NarcanCARY, N.C. (WTVD) — On Tuesday, Wake County school officials took another step toward putting potentially life-saving medicine into public schools — countywide. Wake County School Board members…
Read more Wake County school board approves Naloxone policyStudents and parents turned out at Springbrook High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, to learn more about the issues of mental health and substance use. Students and parents…
Read more Concern over student mental health and drug use draws attendance to Montgomery Co. school forum – WTOP NewsOregon governor declares emergency over fentanyl crisis – CBS News Watch CBS News Oregon paved the way as the first state to decriminalize drug use in 2020, to…
Read more Oregon governor declares emergency over fentanyl crisisAs per a new law, the Department of Defense will begin tracking overdoses within the United States military in 2024 and begin to provide naloxone to service members…
Read more Department of Defense To Track Military Overdoses, Provide NARCAN | High TimesThe Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the overdose-reversal drug Narcan without a prescription, a move long sought by advocates to aid the national response to the…
Read more FDA Approves First Over-The-Counter Narcan To Reduce OverdosesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to…
Read more FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what it means | Long Island Business NewsIf there are a few things Sumpter Pharmacy owner Leslie Herron loves, it’s Adel and the people who live there. It’s part of why she’s hoping to get…
Read more Pharmacist hopes to get life saving drug in every household in Adel communityIf there are a few things Sumpter Pharmacy owner Leslie Herron loves, it’s Adel and the people who live there. It’s part of why she’s hoping to get…
Read more Pharmacist hopes to get life saving drug in every household in Adel community
