Overdose

Mother of Overdose Victim Teams Up with SF Giants

VIDEO – ONE PILL CAN KILL – Sept. 3, 2024 - Star pitcher Logan Web has been leading the charge…

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‘Hope is Alive’ is Changing the Lives of Addicts

VIDEO – LOVE MATTERS! – Sept. 10, 2024 -  Hope Is Alive aims to change the lives of addicts and…

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Exhibit Reveals Sketches of Loved Ones Lost To Opioid Deaths

JUST TOO TOO SAD – Aug. 30, 2024 - “Into Light” is a collection of hand drawn portraits and stories…

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Older Black Men Disproportionately Affected by Overdose Crisis

WHAT ELSE IS NEW? – Aug. 31. 2024 - Although white and Black people use drugs at similar rates, fatal…

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San Francisco Overdose Deaths Hits 4-YEAR LOW

VIDEO – ADDICTS LIVES MATTER – Aug. 2024 - The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reported a 15% overall…

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Illegal Clinic Distributed 3.4 Million Opioid Pills

VIDEO – SUPPLY & DEMAND? – Aug. 15, 2024 - The four-year-long investigation began after the Sheriff’s Office learned Tri-County…

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Grandma Charged After 2-Year-Old Overdosed

WHAT PLANET IS THIS? – Aug. 16, 2024 - A 47-year-old grandmother is reportedly facing multiple felony charges following the…

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International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31

SO MANY LOST – Aug. 2024 - This is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma…

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Details About Matthew Perry’s Death Raise Questions About Addiction

IT’S COMPLICATED –   Aug. 20, 2024 - Fans of “Friends” star Matthew Perry may find new revelations about his…

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Her Son Died In His Dorm. Where was the Narcan?

WHERE IS LOVE? –   Aug. 23, 2024 - This spring, Vera-Schubert reached out again, saying Bobby had relapsed. On…

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Implantable Robotic Narcan Dispenser Reverses Overdoses

VIDEO – GET SOME TODAY –   Aug. 24, 2024 - Researchers have developed a new device that will help…

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Hundreds of Thousands of Parents Died From Drugs Use

THE KILLING FIELDS of the USA –   Aug. 14, 2024 - A young boy places a stone on the…

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Scientists Uncover Mechanism Behind Opioid Addiction – Could Revolutionize Treatment

IT’S NOT THE DOPAMINE – Aug. 16, 2024 - In the journal Science, his team found that an understudied brain…

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EMTs Revive Infant From Opioid Overdose

WHAT-A-WORLD –   Aug. 9, 2024 - The baby began to cry after an EMT administered the opioid overdose reversal…

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The Pill That Could End the Opioid Epidemic

AUDIO – VERY IMPORTANT –   Aug. 8, 2024 - This approach of broadening access has worked elsewhere. In the…

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N.J. County Sees 40% Drop in OD Deaths in 2024

VIDEO – COMPASSION AND LOVE –   Aug. 8, 2024 - The county opened a shelter with more than 20…

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FDA Approves Purdue Pharma’s Overdose-Reversal Device

THE NERVE –   Aug. 7, 2024 - Purdue Pharma, the company best known for fueling the opioid crisis by…

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Jersey Doctor Busted in Oxycodone Scam

BAD DOCTOR –   July 25, 2024 - Federal officials reported that 32-year-old Jasmine McGregor and 35-year-old Jhenelle Lewis of…

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Owner Makes First Public Appearance at Camp Since Suspected Overdose

GOSSIP or REALITY? –   July 28, 2024 - Colts owner Jim Irsay appeared at his team’s training camp practice…

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Med Students Begin Their Careers With White Coat and Narcan

FINALLY –   July 26, 2024 - For first-year medical students in Philadelphia, the beginning of their career in health…

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Father & Husband Turns Grief Into Hope

AND INTO SERVICE –   July 21, 2024 - Jeff Johnston meditates on his porch at 4:30 in the morning…

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$86 Million Opioid Settlement

NOT ENOUGH! –   July 26, 2024 -  Indivior reached an $86 million settlement with 16 U.S. states over the…

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The Opioid Crisis: A Silent Killer Lurking

WILL IT EVER END? –   July 26, 2024 - Dr. Louise Stanger, a noted interventionist, stresses the need for…

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Overdose Deaths in Rhode Island Down 7.3%

LIFE IS PRECIOUS –   July 10, 2024 - “The needle is moving in the right direction, but we must…

6 months ago

Jane Lynch Reflects on Deaths of Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera

SADNESS REMAINS –   July 7, 2024 - This month marks 11 years since alum Cory Monteith died of a…

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Acupuncture Can Shorten Methadone Treatments

EAST MEETS WEST –   July 10, 2024 - Eight weeks of acupuncture was found to reduce the dose of…

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Philly Jails Plagued with Overdoses

REHAB NOT HANDCUFFS –   July 7, 2024 - Since 2018, just over two dozen people have died from drug-related…

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Coach Scott Cochran Reveals Opioid Addiction

FREE AT LAST –   June 29, 2024 - Cochran rose to a prominence in college football, he battled debilitating…

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Experimental Drug Supercharges Overdose Reversal Medicine

YES! APPROVE IT FAST –   July 3, 2024 - Now, researchers have found an approach that could extend naloxone’s…

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Shifty Shellshock Talked Sobriety Months Before Fatal OD

VIDEO – REMEMBERING SETH BINZER –   JULY 5, 2024 - Late Crazy Town frontman was sober and happy a…

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