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pressofatlanticcity.com - Do your part; Support safe drug disposal programs
Posted 1/22/2019
There is this sad and alarming fact: Every person and family has been affected or knows someone affected by the ongoing epidemic of drug abuse. The more hopeful news is that each of us can help in at least one very critical way.
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nbcnews.com: Babies of the opioid crisis face lifetime of health problems
Posted 1/22/2019
As kids born dependent on opioids age, researchers are only beginning to understand the potential long-term impacts, including developmental delays, impaired hearing and vision, and behavior problems.
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cnn.com: Mass drug overdose in California kills 1 person and leaves 12 more hospitalized
Posted 1/15/2019
A mass drug overdose at a home in Chico, California, has killed one person and sent more than a dozen people to hospitals, police said.
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nj.com Drug deaths in N.J. break record for 4th straight year. Why is this happening?
Posted 1/11/2019
At least 3,163 people died of drug overdoses in New Jersey in 2018. That’s more than the population of Saddle River. It’s more than the student body at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City. It’s more than the number of people killed by the flu, homicides, car accidents and suicides in 2016, combined.
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abcnews.go.com: Drug overdose deaths among women ages 30–64 in the United States increased by 260 percent: CDC
Posted 1/11/2019
Women can become addicted to drugs faster than men.
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wqad.com: Opioid crisis fast facts
Posted 12/13/2018
Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic, as more than two million Americans have become dependent on or abused prescription pain pills and street drugs.
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webmd.com: Fentanyl Now the No. 1 Opioid OD Killer
Posted 12/13/2018
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- As the U.S. opioid epidemic grinds on, fentanyl is fast becoming the main culprit in drug overdose deaths, health officials report.
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npr.org: Fentanyl Surpasses Heroin As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses
Posted 12/13/2018
Fentanyl is now the drug most frequently involved in overdose deaths in the U.S., according to a National Vital Statistics System report published Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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benzinga.com: KAMMCO Develops New Tool to Assist Healthcare Providers Combatting Opioid Epidemic
Posted 12/5/2018
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Building upon its commitment to quality and patient safety, KAMMCO released a new Opioid/Controlled Substances dashboard for physicians, hospitals and behavioral health providers participating in the KAMMCO network of health information exchanges. The tool supplements the existing Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) currently available in most states.
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njspotlight.com - OPIOIDS: UNIQUE NJ STUDY OF GENETIC AND OTHER LINKS TO ADDICTION
Posted 12/5/2018
Trying to better understand the scourge and help identify new prevention strategies as more than 3,000 opioid-related deaths anticipated in New Jersey this year