Drug-related deaths are four times more likely to occur in the two days after hospital discharge than at any...
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The people trading in used needles at Anchorage’s lone syringe exchange are more worried than ever about dying from...
The Drug Enforcement Administration issued its first public safety alert in six years to warn people about deadly counterfeit...
Nonfatal drug overdoses rose 18% during the 2020 pandemic year Nonfatal drug overdoses rose 18% during the 2020 pandemic...
Social apps have struggled to curb drug sales for years. They’re still not doing enough, say parent groups and...
As federal grant funding ends, state efforts aimed at preventing overdoses and deaths tied to prescription drugs and opioids...
A bashful Native American who thwarted death twice summoned his inner warrior during a summer powwow, dressed in purple...
Fatal overdoses increased across the country in 2020. According to recent numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control...
A Pennsylvania district attorney issued a public health alert Monday following a weekend that saw about 70 drug overdoses...
A father’s bill to prevent overdose deaths like his own son’s has been signed into law. Early Christmas morning...
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US: Heroin overdose deaths more likely to occur shortly after hospital dischargeIn USAOctober 6, 2021
NM: UNM joins study to treat neonatal opioid withdrawal syndromeIn New Mexico, USAOctober 6, 2021
OR: New drop-in peer centers opening to help with addictionOctober 2, 2021
AK: More counterfeit painkillers are showing up in Anchorage, raising risks of overdoseOctober 2, 2021
MS: Methamphetamines: The personal cost of addictionIn Mississippi, USAOctober 1, 2021