BOSTON — 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 kiosksWhen 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 deathsThe 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 preventionBOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines is falling, according to the…
Read more Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in Mass., NHBOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines is falling, according to the…
Read more Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in MassachusettsLAWRENCE — Sheriff Kevin Coppinger plans to stand before hundreds of police chiefs this month and tell them how he’s bringing drugs into Essex County jails. It may…
Read more Sheriff expands inmate drug treatment program to The FarmBOSTON — 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 overdosesWorkers 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 overdosesIn order to address the increasing number of overdose deaths related to prescription opioids and illicit drugs, Orange County has engaged with the Centers for Disease Control and…
Read more Orange County Adopts CDC Initiative to Reduce Fatal & Nonfatal OverdosesFile photo. Getty Images A Dallas doctor accused of writing opioid prescriptions to undercover agents posing as patients has been found guilty in federal court, according to a…
Read more Dallas doctor found guilty of illegally selling opioid prescriptionsU.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid Corp. filed for bankruptcy in an effort to close unprofitable stores, address lawsuits over its role in the opioid pandemic, and rework a…
Read more Rite Aid Files For Bankruptcy Amid Opioid LawsuitsThe 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 American College of Emergency Physicians has awarded 12 Northwell Health emergency departments with the Pain and Addiction Care in the Emergency Department bronze-level designation. The recognition is…
Read more 12 Northwell emergency departments are accredited for pain, addiction care | Long Island Business NewsBy Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Just a few years ago, “Friends” actor Matthew Perry almost died from opioid overuse that nearly…
Read more ‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry Reveals Harrowing Addiction JourneyIf 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
