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... border. We saw a record number of drug overdose deaths last year, over 107,000. And that's probably underreported about 15 to 20 percent, because so many families don't want it on the death certificate that their loved one died from a drug overdose. Judy Woodruff: Well, and...
... health challenges for the last few years. We have our plate full, for sure. And we're rightly giving a lot of attention to opioid overdose deaths, which have been climbing. And I have done a lot of reporting on that as well. But those deaths come to around 100 ...
... crisis must commit to changing their businesses practices, and to providing the resources needed for treatment, prevention and recovery." Most of the nation's opioid overdose deaths initially involved prescription drugs. As governments, doctors and companies took steps to make them harder to abuse and obtain, people addicted to them ...
Troy Staton is a Baltimore barber and founder of “More Than a Shop," a network of barbershops and beauty salons that organizes a host of community services from free Wi-Fi to overdose prevention training. A victim of gun violence, he shares his Brief But Spectacular take on how transforming ...
... drowned in a swimming pool in 1982 while suing for divorce. His fifth wife, Shawn Stephens, 23 years his junior, died of an apparent drug overdose in 1983. Within a year, Lewis had married Kerrie McCarver, then 21. She filed for divorce in 1986, accusing him of physical abuse and ...
... wanted to talk about a new alleged threat: “rainbow fentanyl.” Kids are next Fentanyl is a very powerful synthetic opioid that has caused thousands of overdoses and deaths over the past two decades. In August 2022, drug enforcement authorities noted that pills containing fentanyl were being manufactured in various colors ...
... years to 73. COVID-19 deaths were the main reason for the decline. The second largest contributor was deaths from accidental injuries — primarily from drug overdoses, which killed a record-breaking 107,000 Americans last year.White people saw the second biggest drop among racial and ethnic groups, with life ...
... tied to the medications remain at 13,000 to 14,000 per year. Califf's post lays out a framework for combating drug addiction and overdoses overall, focusing on reducing inappropriate prescribing, developing new addiction and overdose therapies and shutting down suppliers of illicit drugs. But many of the agency ...
... thought that was sort of the tragic dilemma of his life. Jeffrey Brown: On September 6, 2021, Michael K. Williams was found dead of an overdose of fentanyl-laced heroin. He was 54. Four men were charged for distributing the drugs that led to his overdose.Dominic Dupont: In a ...
... day in our fight to end the opioid epidemic,” Lake County Commissioner John Hamercheck said in a statement. WATCH: St. Louis combats opioid crisis as overdose deaths skyrocket among Black Americans A jury in November returned a verdict in favor of the counties after a six-week trial. It was ...
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