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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 OrlandoBOSTON — MBTA officials are pouring cold water on a legislative push to make the opioid overdose reversing drug naloxone available at subway stations, citing a lack of…
Read more MBTA balks at expanding overdose prevention kiosksThe number of opioid-involved drug overdose deaths in 2023 decreased for the first time in five years. Minnesota health officials say 54 people have died from suspected drug…
Read more Minneapolis author aiming to help people battling drug addiction with new bookBOSTON — Rep. Kate Donaghue has a trick for always ensuring naloxone is on hand and ready to deploy if she encounters someone experiencing an opioid overdose: she…
Read more Lawmaker hosts naloxone training at StatehouseThe Rockport School Committee, along with the town’s Public Health Department, is aiming to eliminate the effects of possible substance abuse in Rockport schools. During the committee’s meeting…
Read more Rockport school board updated on opioid preventionAs part of Overdose Awareness Week, KPIX is presenting a series of special reports on the opioid crisis through the lens of another West Coast city. Much like…
Read more Some Canadians opposed to Vancouver’s liberal approach to fentanyl crisisBOSTON — The scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, but new data shows a double-digit decrease in the number of overdose deaths in the past year.…
Read more Opioid deaths drop 10%, but remain highWorkers who are injured on the job are at higher risk for fatal opioid-related overdoses, according to a new study, which calls for renewed efforts to reduce the…
Read more Report: Injured workers at risk for opioid overdosesclick to enlarge Adobe Orange County is investing funds in making addiction treatment more accessible for those in need. Opioid addiction and overdose has for years devastated individual…
Read more Orange County invests in programs to treat opioid addiction and prevent overdoseCalifornia 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 NarcanIn an unmarked building at an undisclosed location in California — hidden in a vault and locked behind security gates — are the spoils of the war against…
Read more Customs and Border Protection reveals secretOttawa — A Canadian province on Tuesday decriminalized the possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and other hard drugs in a radical policy shift to address…
Read more Canada province decriminalizes hard drugs in new bid to combat opioid crisisA new study 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…
Read more Easing prescription rules for opioid treatment meds did not increase overdose deaths, study finds
