Fact Checking
What’s driving down US overdose deaths?
[ad_1] The public health numbers were cause for celebration: U.S. overdose deaths fell for a second year in a row. After two decades of…
Tag: Narcan
Orlando, Florida Local News
Project Overdose warns of highly potent opioid in local drug supply ahead of EDC Orlando
[ad_1] An overdose prevention nonprofit is warning visitors to Orlando this weekend to remain vigilant about their use of party drugs, especially at the…
Washington DC Local News
Opioid overdoses are declining across the DC region. What’s behind the trend? – WTOP News
[ad_1] Overdoses among young people appear to be falling across the D.C. region since schools tackled the issue with education and Narcan training, according…
Denver, Colorado Local News
Denver Health sharing patients’ stories to ease stigma of fentanyl use
[ad_1] DENVER — Denver Health is sharing the stories of patients and support specialists to ease the stigma surrounding fentanyl use and, in turn,…
Fact Checking
Fentanyl: Facts and myths on the drug driving OD deaths
[ad_1] When federal agencies recognize an “awareness day” for something, that’s code for: “Take this seriously. Please.” Deaths from fentanyl — the synthetic, often…
Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News
Minnesota prison guard describes dangerous encounters with drug smuggling: “It’s scary for everyone”
[ad_1] BAYPORT, Minn. — Sgt. Staci Stone had just begun her shift on a Thursday morning at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater when a nurse called…
Washington DC Local News
Loudoun Co. approves plan to allow students to carry Narcan at school – WTOP News
[ad_1] Students in Loudoun County will now be able to carry naloxone in their backpacks, as part of an update to the school district’s…
Sacramento, California Local News
Sacramento County jail inmate dies after he was found unresponsive with cellmate
[ad_1] An inmate at the Sacramento County main jail has died after he and his cellmate were found unresponsive in their cell on Friday,…
Washington DC Local News
Rockville-based Narcan maker Emergent is cutting hundreds of jobs – WTOP News
[ad_1] Rockville-based Emergent BioSolutions is eliminating 300 jobs and will not fill 85 current job openings, as part of a broad restructuring that also…
San Francisco, California Local News
California joining with N.J. company to buy generic opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan
[ad_1] California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the drug that can save someone’s life…
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Local News
Wake County school board approves Naloxone policy
[ad_1] CARY, N.C. (WTVD) — On Tuesday, Wake County school officials took another step toward putting potentially life-saving medicine into public schools — countywide.…
Washington DC Local News
Concern over student mental health and drug use draws attendance to Montgomery Co. school forum – WTOP News
[ad_1] Students and parents turned out at Springbrook High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, to learn more about the issues of mental health and…
Breaking News
Oregon governor declares emergency over fentanyl crisis
[ad_1] Oregon governor declares emergency over fentanyl crisis – CBS News Watch CBS News Oregon paved the way as the first state to decriminalize…
Cannabis
Department of Defense To Track Military Overdoses, Provide NARCAN | High Times
[ad_1] As per a new law, the Department of Defense will begin tracking overdoses within the United States military in 2024 and begin to…
Humor
FDA Approves First Over-The-Counter Narcan To Reduce Overdoses
[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the overdose-reversal drug Narcan without a prescription, a move long sought by advocates to aid…
Business
FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what it means | Long Island Business News
[ad_1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the…
US News
Pharmacist hopes to get life saving drug in every household in Adel community
[ad_1] If there are a few things Sumpter Pharmacy owner Leslie Herron loves, it’s Adel and the people who live there. It’s part of…
US News
Pharmacist hopes to get life saving drug in every household in Adel community
[ad_1] If there are a few things Sumpter Pharmacy owner Leslie Herron loves, it’s Adel and the people who live there. It’s part of…