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CDC Issues New Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids
Among the changes: The CDC no longer suggests trying to limit opioid treatment for acute pain to three days.
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Mass. Lives Lost to Opioid Overdoses Remembered With Purple Flag Event
There are 2,290 flags on the campus of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, each representing a life lost to an opioid overdose in Massachusetts in 2021. The annual “Purple Flag Event” is held in remembrance of those lives. Hospital officials also host the event to make it clear that resources and support are available, and say they hope talking about the crisis can…
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Hundreds of Fentanyl Pills Seized by Worcester Police
A lengthy investigation led to officers seizing hundreds of what they believe to be fentanyl pills, according to the city’s police department. Worcester police entered three locations and a car after they saw the target of the warrant, Ramon Mateo, leave his home around 2 p.m. Tuesday, the department said in a news release. Police found about 1300 grams of…
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San Diego Deploying Free Narcan Vending Machines to Help Combat Opioid Epidemic
San Diego County could soon have a new weapon in its arsenal to help fight its growing problem with opioid addiction.
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Record Number of Americans Died of Overdose Deaths in 2021, CDC Says
The Centers for Disease Control revealed Wednesday that the U.S. set a grim record in 2021 with 107,000 overdose deaths.
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Biden Drug Control Plan Stresses Harm Reduction, Treatment
President Joe Biden is sending his administration’s first national drug control strategy to Congress
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Following Grim New Record in Fatal Overdoses, Vt. Nonprofit Stresses Harm Reduction
Data released earlier this month confirmed what many human services providers expected to see: that 2021 was the deadliest year in Vermont history for opioid overdoses. “This is already jaw-dropping numbers for Vermont,” said Brenda Siegel, a policy advocate and former gubernatorial candidate in Vermont. The figure Siegel was discussing was the record 210 people known to have died in…
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Vermont Has a Grim New Record in Fatal Overdoses
2021 was the deadliest year in Vermont history for opioid overdoses.
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Florida Groups Canvass Spring Breakers to Warn of Fentanyl
Community activists in South Florida sprang into action after West Point cadets on spring break were sickened by fentanyl-laced cocaine at a house party
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Treatment for Opioid Addiction Often Brings Discrimination
There often is a serious downside for people taking medications that have a long track record of helping treat opioid addiction: discrimination
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States Look for Solutions as US Fentanyl Deaths Keep Rising
With fentanyl driving fatal overdoses to record levels in the U.S., state governments are scrambling for solutions
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Drug Overdose Deaths Increase by More Than 20% in Maine
The number of drug overdose deaths in Maine increased by nearly a quarter in 2021.
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Pharmacies Face 1st Trial Over Role in Opioid Crisis
A bellwether trial is set to start Monday in federal court in Cleveland to determine whether retail pharmacy chains are liable for costs related to the opioid crisis in two Ohio counties
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Scientists Eye Opioid Vaccine as a Shot to Stem Overdose Epidemic
A trial is now underway for a potential opioid vaccine — meant to protect against a deadly opioid overdose.
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‘Sweetheart Deal' With OxyContin Maker Leaves Families Angry, Conflicted
A landmark settlement in the nation’s opioid epidemic is forcing the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to give up the company and pay out $4.5 billion
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Vermont Couple Opens New Opioid Addiction Recovery Center in Honor of Daughter
Before Jenna Tatro died — yet another loss to the cruelty of opioid use disorder — she had promised her mom and dad that, if she could just get clean, she’d devote her life to improving access to treatment and recovery. So Greg and Dawn Tatro made Jenna’s Promise theirs, starting a nonprofit under that name.
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More Than 1,000 in Mass. Died of Opioid Overdoses in 6 Months
Preliminary Department of Public Health data show 1,038 people died of opioid overdoses in the first six months of this year, an estimated 5% decrease from the same time period in 2020. The preliminary data, presented by Acting DPH Commissioner Margret Cooke at a Public Health Council meeting Wednesday, includes both confirmed deaths and those estimated through a modeling process….