UK gets largest grant ever: $87 million to cut opioid deaths in 16 Kentucky counties | National
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky has been awarded an $87 million...
21 April, 2019
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Fans celebrate Prince three years after his death
People around the world are remembering Prince on the third anniversary of his death. The musician was found unresponsive in his Paisley...
21 April, 2019
Fentanyl deaths up 122%, as deaths from prescription opioids decline
By Suzanne Elliott SElliott@DominionPost.com MORGANTOWN —Fentanyl-related deaths in West Virginia in 2015 and 2017 were 122 percent of what they were between 2005 and 2014, according to a recent study by West Virginia University researchers. The state leads the country in fentanyl-related deaths and also has the highest per...
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Fentanyl Might Be Declared A Weapon Of Mass Destruction, According To A Government Memo
As the opioid crisis wears on, the government is considering declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, reports the military news outlet Task & Purpose. In a February memo obtained by the outlet, Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for countering weapons of mass destruction...
21 April, 2019
Touching Fentanyl — Or Overdose Victims — Won’t Cause First Responders Harm
Officials from the St. Louis County Police Department want the public and the region’s law enforcement to know touching the synthetic opioid fentanyl won’t get them high or overdose. Such myths could put overdose victims at risk, since emergency responders may be hesitant to touch...
21 April, 2019
Pentagon, DHS considering designating fentanyl a WMD, memo says
Top military and Homeland Security officials are considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, according to an internal DHS memo. The synthetic opioid, blamed in health surveys for ...
21 April, 2019
Pentagon, DHS considering designating fentanyl a WMD, memo says
The synthetic opioid, blamed in health surveys for surging drug overdose deaths in the United States, has for decades concerned national security officials because of its potential widespread lethality in terror attacks, and in recent months, officials from DHS and the Pentagon have met to...
21 April, 2019
Communities work to address evolving opioid crisis | News
Editor’s note: This is the third of three parts in a series by...
21 April, 2019