Harm Reduction Action Center executive director Lisa Raville has spent her career working to avoid the troubling situation Denver now faces — 522 fatal drug overdoses last year, a 15% increase from 2022.
Why it matters: It’s a record number for the city, and now makes overdoses the leading cause of death for people experiencing homelessness, Raville tells us.
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Metro worked with The h3 Project DC, a local non-profit organization that helps vulnerable populations, to train all Metro...
College implements opioid response education Clark State College will offer kits to help respond to opioid overdoses on campus...
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Art teacher Frank Thompson, 57, faces drug and child endangerment charges, police said. A Westfield Public Schools teacher who...
Health officers in Berrien, Calhoun and Kalamazoo Counties hope to fight xylazine with information about its potentially deadly effects....
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