Opioid Crisis - Page 73

March 5, 2019

Cocaine, meth on rise in Pennsylvania's early warning areas

hetamine and cocaine use are on the rise in Pennsylvania while prescription drug and heroin deaths are leveling off in some areas, data that appears to reflect nationwide trends.

March 2, 2019

Opioid crisis -- Since when does the government write prescriptions?

Opioid-related deaths nationwide jumped four-fold in the last two decades, and the epidemic has made major inroads in the Eastern states, according to a new study by a U.S.- Canadian research team. They found that “the life expectancy lost at age 15 years from opioids is now greater than that lost from deaths due to firearms or motor vehicle crashes in most of the United States.”

February 21, 2019

To battle opioid crisis, Google is partnering with gov't, big pharma to help

Google is expanding its efforts to combat America's opioid crisis, an epidemic that takes the lives of more than 130 people every day, by announcing it is partnering with the federal and local governments and private healthcare companies.

February 20, 2019

Doctors have been prescribing fentanyl to the wrong patients for years, new study finds

Prescription fentanyl, a highly potent and immediate-release drug meant for people with advanced cancer who have been on an opioid treatment, has been inappropriately prescribed to people who did not meet the criteria, says a new study by Johns Hopkins University researchers.

February 14, 2019

Fentanyl deaths from 'Mexican oxy' pills hit Arizona hard

Aaron Francisco Chavez swallowed at least one of the sky blue pills at a Halloween party before falling asleep forever.

February 10, 2019

Protesters stage Guggenheim Museum demonstration to protest opioid crisis

Protesters staged a demonstration at the Guggenheim Museum in New York to call on the eradication of the Sackler name from the museum - gifted by the family who owned Purdue Pharma.

January 31, 2019

Fentanyl seized by Border Patrol in record bust could have killed 57M, officials say

A Mexican national was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on Saturday with enough fentanyl to kill 57 million Americans, according to an internal memo first reported on Wednesday on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

January 30, 2019

Former stripper-turned-drug exec gave doctor lap dance while pitching painkiller, witness testifies

A witness has testified that an ex-stripper-turned-drug company executive gave a doctor a lap dance as part of a sales pitch for an addictive fentanyl spray.

January 30, 2019

Florida man trying to steal roommate’s prescription pills tricked into taking laxatives, police say

A Florida man going into his roommate’s room to take his prescription pills got a rude awakening when he was caught red-handed taking what later turned out to be laxatives, police said.

January 28, 2019

New Hampshire's opioid crisis key issue for 2020 presidential candidates

Experts in both politics and mental health agree: the Opioid Crisis is not going away anytime soon, and the candidates need to set forth a plan on what exactly they will do differently.