Tags: "overdose"

29 Jan
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The Escalating Youth Overdose Crisis in America

In 2022, roughly 22 innocent kids died each week from a drug overdose, equivalent to the size of a classroom full of students.

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17 Apr
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Marijuana policies and opioid mortality rates

Analyzing data from 1999 to 2019, researchers found that marijuana legalization is associated with higher opioid death rates, contradicting the marijuana protection hypothesis which proposes that the availability of marijuana reduces deaths from opioids.

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30 Dec
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New data on overdose deaths among youth ages 10 to 19 released

Despite national data reporting youth substance use declined or held steady since the COVID-19 pandemic, youth overdose deaths rose dramatically highlighting how dangerous engaging in substance use is today.

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19 Aug
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First National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

Sunday, August 21st marks the first National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness DayTM  created to remember the lives lost from illicit fentanyl poisoning and acknowledge the devastation caused to loved ones and communities all over the nation.

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15 Aug
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Is Marijuana Legalization Adding to the Opioid Crisis? Another Study Suggests So.

A new analysis proposes that marijuana legalization in the United States has added to the U.S. opioid overdose crisis, disputing the claim by Big Marijuana that the availability of marijuana reduces deaths from opioids.

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22 Jul
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Ashley Moody Demands President Biden Classify Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction

This comes in response to the exponential rise in overdose deaths where fentanyl is primarily responsible for massacring more than 200 people every day.

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13 Apr
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Adolescent Drug Overdose Deaths Skyrocketing

A new analysis of trends in drug overdose deaths among adolescents aged 14 to 18 years finds drug overdose deaths dramatically increased by 94% between 2019 and 2020 and continued to climb by 20% from 2020 to 2021, despite holding ...

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07 Apr
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Public Health Alert: DEA Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdoses Related to Deadly Fentanyl

Mass-overdose events occur when three or more overdoses take place at the same location and close in time. These mass-overdose events are mainly attributed to dealers selling drugs claiming to be cocaine or selling fake prescription pills that look identical ...

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01 Dec
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Overdose deaths top 100,000

According to the latest data from the CDC, overdose deaths rose by 29% from 78,056 in the 12-month period ending in April 2019 to 100,306 in the subsequent 12 month period. This represents the highest 12-month total in American history.

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24 May
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Florida Hit Hard by Overdose Deaths Throughout Pandemic

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths from drug overdoses dramatically increased throughout the U.S. and states such as Florida have been especially hard hit. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control, Florida accounted for ...

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