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Experts Say Why Pandemic is Causing More Relapse and Overdose

WATCH – Despair and Addiction – Jan. 8, 2021 - “She was staying with a mutual friend.” It’s still very fresh in Danielle Owen’s mind as she recounts a tragic story of personal loss. Owen says her friend’s husb... Read More...

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Overdose Concerns Following Latest Round of Stimulus Checks

WATCH – What we worry – Jan. 13, 2021 - “When you give them $600 they’re going to really take it to the limit and that really will raise your chances of losing your life,” said Thomas Gooch, the Prevention Dire... Read More...

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Demi Lovato Addresses 2018 Overdose in New Docu-series

The healing has begun – Jan. 13, 2021 - “For the first time, you’ll be able to see my chronicle of struggle and ongoing healing from my point of view. I’m grateful that I was able to take this journey to face ... Read More...

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As Overdoses Compete with Covid-19 Deaths, Feds Make It Easier to Prescribe Addiction Drugs

While we all gently weep – Jan. 16, 2021 - On Thursday, HHS officials did just that: physicians are no longer required to have a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine — just a DEA registration that nearly every doc... Read More...

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2,000 Arizonans Overdosed on Fentanyl in 2020

WATCH – OD Ideation? – Jan. 1, 2021 - That’s the grim, unfortunate reality of the drug, that Roy and Wendy Plunk know all too well. “I mean, I’m never going to be the same, you know? Part of my heart is gone... Read More...

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How President Biden Can Save Lives By Slowing America’s Overdose Crisis

OPINION by Ryan Hampton – Dec. 31, 2020 - Recovery works — I’m living proof — but it requires community-based, long-term support. Connections, whether with friends and family, support groups or other types of ... Read More...

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‘Deadliest Catch’ Star Mahlon Reyes Succumbs to Accidental Overdose

Too much – Jan.6, 2021 - According to Heino, the manner of the death was ruled as being accidental. He was 38 and is survived by his wife and four children. Reyes’ wife, Heather Sullivan, tol... Read More...

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Eminem re-learned to rap after near-fatal overdose

Thank God he did – Jan. 5, 2021 - “Like the rhyme schemes didn’t even sound like familiar to me,” Eminem said. “So I was caught off-guard too. I was like, ‘What the fuck, I said that?’ I said it and I was wron... Read More...

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Overdose epidemic needs state action to remove barriers to care

Make it Free? – DEC. 16, 2020 - “SADLY, THE DRUG OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC CONTINUES, AND IT HAS BECOME MORE COMPLICATED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC,” SAID PATRICE A. HARRIS, M.D., M.A., CHAIR OF THE AMA OPIOID TASK F... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Outpace COVID-19 Deaths in SF

Heaven’s Overcrowding... – Dec. 19, 2020 - The crisis fueled by the powerful painkiller fentanyl could have been far worse if it wasn’t for the nearly 3,000 times Narcan was used from January to the begi... Read More...

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U.S. Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs

WHY? – Dec. 17, 2020 - The primary driver behind the record-breaking numbers appeared to be the use of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, which increased 38.4%. Of 38 U.S. jurisdictions with available synth... Read More...

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Philadelphia Nearing Record for Fatal Drug Overdoses

Death Marches On – December 6, 2020 - In a study published in JAMA Psychiatry this week, researchers monitoring an emergency medical systems database in 47 states found that medics were responding to more than... Read More...

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Woman’s Overdose Death Shocks Family

Not another statistic – December 11th, 2020 - After getting clean, she started working there and helped other women in recovery keep tabs on their medications and appointments. She had found her purpose hel... Read More...

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Central Florida Overdose Deaths up 70% During Pandemic

WATCH – The madness is horrific – Dec. 4, 2020 - Sheriff Dennis Lemma talks to Good Day Orlando about the rise in overdose deaths during the pandemic. more@Fox35Orlando ... Read More...

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Stimulants Are Increasingly Involved in Overdoses of Young People

SPEED KILLS – Nov. 23, 2020 - Hadland says while there are few options to treat stimulant addiction, efforts to deal with the opioid epidemic should make special consideration of young people and other drugs. ... Read More...

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World’s most prestigious consulting firm proposed paying CVS rebates for OxyContin Overdoses

As the Rich Get Richer, The Poor Get Dead – Nov. 27, 2020 - When Purdue Pharma agreed last month to plead guilty to criminal charges involving OxyContin, the Justice Department noted the role an unidentified consul... Read More...

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Friends of late activist Jesse Harvey fight for overdose prevention sites

Sadness for the fallen – Nov. 7, 2020 - Under the proposal, the staff would also be able to educate clients about harm-reducing practices, like protecting themselves from HIV and sexually transmitted dise... Read More...

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Overdoses hits service industry workers in Philly: thought they were doing cocaine

White Powder Warning – Nov. 20, 2020 - Since Nov. 12, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office has confirmed three overdose deaths among workers in the restaurant and bar industry. The city’s Department of Pu... Read More...

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Pandemic triggers ‘enormous’ spike in drug overdose deaths

Dying to be free – Nov. 18, 2020 - “I do think it’s a combination of those things,” said Dr. Taylor Ochalek, a research scientist at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. “Social isolation... Read More...

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How Oregon’s Decriminalization of Drugs May Help Decrease Addiction and Overdoses

WATCH – Time will tell – Nov. 6, 2020 - Oregon has become the first state to decriminalize hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Kassandra Frederique explains how this mov... Read More...

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Study examines incoming medical student knowledge of opioid overdoses and substance use disorders

Time to teach about life? – Nov. 8, 2020 - Three students at the Wayne State University School of Medicine led a new study now in press that reveals incoming medical students have greater opioid overdose knowle... Read More...

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Oregon Sees 70% Increase in Overdose Deaths

Homegrown Terrorism – Oct. 30, 2020 - The release said analysts in the Injury and Prevention Section of the OHA Public Health Division found that Oregon saw a nearly 70 percent increase in the number of overdose de... Read More...

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Mother who lost son to overdose hopes to raise awareness about drug addiction

WATCH – Moms are the saddest – Sep 27, 2020 - On Sunday, Coleman’s family held a birthday party and balloon release in Chris’ honor at Lees Lane Park. His mother has also created a support group called Chris R... Read More...

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Timmy Solomon, a guide through the Rehab Riviera, dies of overdose at 31

Makes ya wanna holler – Sep. 26, 2020 - “You are out of your mind with worry,” she had said in a phone call from her home in Boston. “And you don’t know where it ends. Well, you do. It ends with death.” Pat... Read More...

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Family sells t-shirts to benefit overdose victim’s child

WATCH – The little ones left behind – Sep. 14, 2020 - Both men were into racing so the Schultz family hopes these t-shirts in his memory alert others to the danger of street drugs laced with fentanyl. “I hope they... Read More...

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Did the ‘Benadryl Challenge’ Prompt Warnings of Overdose Risk?

Tick Tock on American Teens – Sep. 15, 2020 - In Summer 2020, the so-named “Benadryl Challenge” dared social media users — generally teenagers — to overdose on the common allergy medication Benadryl to elicit ... Read More...

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99 Purple Flags Posted For Overdose Awareness

Lives lost forever – Sept. 11, 2020 - Unwanted medications can sometimes end up in the wrong hands, which is a contributing factor to the opioid epidemic. “We usually have an annual candlelight vigil at Ech... Read More...

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Overdoses rise in South Florida

Too many sunsets – Sept. 13, 2020 - Florida reported 5,621 overdose deaths, a 14% increase from January 2019 to January 2020, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And in parts of ... Read More...

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More than one person a day died of an overdose in SF last year

American Horror Story – Sep. 1, 2020 - According to a Department of Public Health report released Monday, 441 people died of an overdose in 2019. That is more than one per day for an entire year, and an ... Read More...

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New Jersey Govenor signs ‘Overdose Awareness Day’ resolution

Hymn for the Dying – Sept. 2, 2020 - “Every single life lost to an overdose is a tragedy made all the more heartbreaking with the knowledge that many of those deaths could have been prevented if more people ha... Read More...

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