fentanyl

Indigenous Americans See Five-Fold Increase in Fatal Overdoses in 20 Years

THE AMERICAN WAY? –  May 3, 2022 - The data showed deaths in which opioids were involved increased from 5.2…

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Can Monthly Injection Be the Key to Curbing Addiction?

IS IT COVERED BY INSURANCE? –  May 6, 2022 - Yet despite its promise, the use of injectable buprenorphine remains…

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As Overdoses Soar, More States Decriminalize Fentanyl Testing Strips

THE TEST YOU WANT TO TAKE –   May 6, 2022 - “We hope all the states would come to…

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‘We’re done with dead kids’: US Bars Handing out Free Fentanyl Tests

VIDEO – HARM REDUCTION ON TAP –  April 20, 2022 - FentCheck staples the strips from Canadian company BTNX to…

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Beloved Police Officer, Football Star Dead From Fentanyl

WHY? HOW? WHY? –   April 30, 2022 - “This behavior is not something we condone, and we will continue…

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Fake Adderall Kills Two On Campus

REAL DEATH –  May 6, 2022 - Ohio State University officials sounded the alarm Thursday over the circulation of “fake…

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How to Talk to Kids about Drugs

VIDEO – EARLY AND OFTEN –  April 28, 2022 - “You have to have a very direct conversation,” she said.…

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Battle To Keep People Alive as Fentanyl Ravages SF’s Tenderloin

STOPS YOUR HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO –  April 23, 2022 - This neighborhood and the adjoining South of Market (SoMa)…

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Criminalizing Drug Addiction Doesn’t Decrease Overdoses

LEGALIZE THEM ALL? –  April 14, 2022 - A bill moves through Colorado’s legislature to tighten penalties on the possession…

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What’s Being Done to Stop the Scourge of Fentanyl?

NOT ENOUGH, BUT THEY’RE TRYING –   April 14, 2022 - The drug has been the subject of a number…

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Teen Deaths Rose Sharply From Fentanyl-Laced Pills

NPR TELLS THE STORY –  April 12, 2022 - “So many of our young people are so busy being taught…

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Mass Overdose Events Caused by Inadvertent Fentanyl Use

TIME TO QUIT? –  April 7, 2022 - Less than a week earlier, on March 4, 21 individuals overdosed —…

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Survivor: ‘I was lucky one. I gotta make it worth it’

VIDEO – GRATEFUL EVERY DAY –   April 6, 2022 - Ryan Christoff said he had known that his daughter…

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Fentanyl Testing Strips Highly Illegal in Texas

VIDEO – DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS –   Mar. 23, 2022 - Fentanyl testing strips can be used to test…

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‘One Pill Can Kill’

VIDEO – SO CAN ONE LINE –  March 18, 2022 - “In less than 12 months (in 2021), DPS crime…

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Steep Rise in Overdoses Linked to Veterinary Tranquilizer

DON’T PUT YOURSELF DOWN –   MARCH, 2022 - Researchers studied 10 locations around the country, and found xylazine was…

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Six West Point Cadets Overdose On Spring Break

VIDEO – THE REAL BATTLE –  March 11, 2022 - “The U.S. Military Academy is aware of the situation involving…

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Synthetic Opioids Stronger than Fentanyl in US

MORE DEATH AROUND THE CORNER? –  Mar 1, 2022 - Krotulski said current trends suggest nitazenes, or any other drugs…

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Dr. Husel Ordered Lethal Doses of Fentanyl

VIDEO – ANGEL OF MERCY OR ANGEL OF DEATH? –  Feb. 22, 2022 - In an email sent in late…

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Snapchat Promises New Rules to Fight Drug Sales

IT’S ABOUT TIME –   Feb. 24, 2022 - Snapchat says it’s making changes to make it harder for kids…

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Mom Shares Son’s Battle with Addiction in Obit

THE GOOD DIE YOUNG –   Feb. 25, 2022 - Hunter Lee Clemons died on Feb. 10 “after a long…

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Seeing Addiction as Disease

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET –  Feb. 24, 2022 - “We’re in what is now becoming known as…

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Treating Drug Dealers Like Serial Killers by Chris Dale

EXAMINING THE CHARGES AGAINST 4 MEN CONNECTED TO ACTOR MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS’ DEATH –  Feb. 28, 2022 - Twenty years…

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Middle-school Child Falls Prey to Fatal Fentanyl

VIDEO – AMERICAN NIGHTMARE –   Feb. 18, 2022 - But about a year and a half ago, the middle…

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Teen Substance Abuse Trends

VIDEO – MORE PREVENTION FOR TEEN USE –   Feb. 8, 2022 - Scholz joined us to talk more about…

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Sleepwalking Into Addiction

AWAKE AND SING –   Jan. 30, 2022 - In Greater Manchester, some felt their final hopes of eventually getting…

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Opioid Overdose Deaths to ‘grow exponentially’

HOW MANY MORE PLOTS? –  2/2/2022 - As long as the status quo stands, “We will continue to have these…

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Campaign to ‘End Addiction Stigma’ Garnering Attention

VIDEO – FROM STIGMA TO STIGMATA –   Jan. 17, 2022 - Seivwright said Vermont Department of Health surveys have…

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Fentanyl Causes More Deaths in Americans Ages 18-45

USA USA USA –   Jan. 4, 2022 - In the year ending in April 2021, fentanyl claimed the lives…

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Overdose Deaths at Historic High. Could These Strategies Save Lives?

SOMETHING NEW? –   Jan. 23, 2022 - As evidence-based drug treatment and interventions became increasingly difficult to obtain during…

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