Addiction
Dozens of US adolescents die from drug overdoses every month. An expert unpacks the grim numbers
Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise.
Nov 28, 2023
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News tagged with drug overdoses
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study finds overdose deaths increased in pregnant and postpartum women from early 2018 to late 2021
Drug overdose deaths rose markedly between January to June 2018 and July to December 2021 among 10- to 44-year-old girls and women who were pregnant or pregnant within the previous 12 months, according to a new study by researchers ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Health
US men are dying much earlier than women, as death 'gender gap' widens: Study
The gap in life expectancy between American men and women is now the biggest it has been since the mid-1990s—almost six years.
Nov 13, 2023
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Addiction
Overdose prevention sites not associated with increase in crime, according to study
An analysis co-led by a Brown public health researcher has found that the nation's first two government-sanctioned overdose prevention centers were not associated with significant changes in crime.
Nov 13, 2023
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Cardiology
Not all overdose-related cardiac arrests are the same, says study
The incidence of overdose-related cardiac arrests more than doubled in King County, Washington, from 2015 to 2021, with the biggest increase among people who had consumed opioids combined with stimulants, according to a new ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Addiction
When Oregon decriminalized drugs, overdoses went up. Will that happen with Australia's recent legislation?
A new bill came into effect in the ACT at the weekend decriminalizing personal possession of common illegal drugs.
Nov 4, 2023
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Addiction
US government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategy
As overdose deaths continue at a record pace, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a new government-wide strategy Thursday involving scores of agencies that will target the precursor materials used by traffickers ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Medications
Novel drugs are leading to rising overdose deaths in Victoria—drug checking services could help
Many of the harms people experience from using illegal drugs are a result of unregulated supply. Drugs may be contaminated, or completely substituted with something unexpected. They may also be of variable and unknown dosage ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Addiction
Drones delivering opioid overdose reversal kits could reach people more quickly than ambulances
Researchers from King's College London used real-world data of fatal opioid overdoses where a bystander was present to show that commercial-off-the-shelf drones could have reached 78% of cases within seven minutes—the benchmark ...
Oct 13, 2023
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Addiction
Philadelphia bans safe injection sites—evidence suggests keeping drug users on the street could do more harm than good
The United States remains tightly in the grasp of an ongoing, and escalating, crisis of deaths caused by opioid overdoses.
Oct 12, 2023
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