Fatal overdoses at LSU raise alarm as prescription drugs proliferate on college campuses | News
Garry and Mary Ellen Jordan were planning an unannounced visit to LSU.They would...
23 June, 2019
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Death rates from overdoses, alcohol, suicide raise national concern
Dr. Scott T. Anderson: Ask Dr. ScottThe Commonwealth Fund recently released a report based on data from 2017 summarizing death rates from drug overdoses, alcohol...
23 June, 2019
Fentanyl rising as killer in San Francisco — 57 dead in a year
Fentanyl, the synthetic painkiller that is up to 100 times more potent than morphine and has ravaged drug users on the East Coast, appears now to be fully embedded on San Francisco’s streets, surpassing prescription pills and heroin as the leading cause of opioid overdose...
23 June, 2019
Drug rehab counselor charged with murder in Navy man’s fentanyl overdose death
Fentanyl is often found in counterfeit oxycodone pills sold on the street. (Achim Prill/Dreamstime/TNS)By Teri Figueroa, The San Diego Union-Tribune VISTA — Two years after a...
23 June, 2019
Hamilton County Heroin Coalition issues health alert after major spike in overdoses
CINCINNATI — In 24 hours, from Friday to Saturday, the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition said 22 people overdosed. The Cincinnati Fire department tweeted that they responded to 20 overdoses between midnight Friday night and 5 p.m. Saturday evening. The Hamilton County Heroin Coalition issued a...
23 June, 2019
OD alert issued after 23 overdose calls in 24 hours
A new alert aims to warn the community of a sudden spike in overdoses. 23 overdose calls came in between 6 am Friday and 6 am Saturday. The Hamilton county Heroin Coalition is suggesting people follow a number of protective measures, including carrying extra...
23 June, 2019
Teens have privacy rights, doctor tells inquest into 16-year-old’s opioid death | CKPG Today | Prince George, Northern BC
Dr. Marjorie Van der Linden said she spoke with Eurchuk in November 2016 about the risks of overdose associated with using street drugs after his mother found a bag containing marijuana and sedation-type pills in his room but he defiantly denied using drugs. “He was denying he...
23 June, 2019
Drug rehab counselor charged with murder in Navy man’s fentanyl overdose death | Nation
VISTA, Calif. - Two years after a Navy man died from an overdose...
22 June, 2019
Man Admits To Selling Heroin That Led To Overdose Death In Area
A 29-year-old man has admitted selling heroin to an area resident who died of...
22 June, 2019