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Nation’s drug overdose epidemic needs new policy focus

WATCH – Opinion – July 31, 2020 - Prior Authorization. Despite medical society and patient advocacy, only 21 states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws limiting public and private insurers from imposing pr... Read More...

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John Brogan, high-profile addiction specialist, found dead

Stay Resolute – July 31, 2020 - Brogan was an addiction recovery specialist who had worked closely with former Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato in efforts to stem the county’s opioid crisis. That work followed... Read More...

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Doctor’s life of luxury built on naltrexone implants

Dr. Frankenstein – July 27, 2020 - A disheveled Rosen sat in the jury box at his preliminary hearing of Monday, July 20, black glasses perched crookedly atop his white face mask, unruly salt-and-pepper stubble blanke... Read More...

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California’s Huge Overdose Increase Didn’t Have to Happen

Yet it did happen – July 28, 2020 - California is one of the last areas of the country where “black tar” heroin remains available. The viscous consistency that characterizes black tar means it is difficult for suppli... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Are Skyrocketing … My Brother’s Was One Of Them.

Devastated Nation – July 24, 2020 - His athletic frame became bloated and heavy; his sunny disposition turned lethargic and mean. When he was unable to maintain his law practice, clients left. Although he wa... Read More...

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FDA tells doctors to discuss overdose antidote with patients

Give it to them! – July 22, 2020 - Nearly 71,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, a new record driven in part by fentanyl and other illegal opioids. State and local officials have been handing out nalox... Read More...

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Death By Overdose or By Ventilator?

Making a Point – July 24, 2020 - By Ryan Hampton. Before coronavirus, America already faced record numbers of deaths from a different epidemic. Over 350 people died every day from an illness just as deadly as COVID... Read More...

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Mother and children likely perished as result of overdose

War on drugs kills three more – July 26, 2020 - A missing Forney mother found deceased in Farmers Branch on Thursday most likely died of an overdose and her two children subsequently perished due to a heat stro... Read More...

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David Sheff says: Safe-injection sites should be allowed to protect drug users

He's got a point! – July 22, 2020 - Kral and Pete Davidson, at the University of California, San Diego, have studied the illegal site for five years and this week published their findings in The New England Journal o... Read More...

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Overdoses skyrocket: states slash treatment budgets

Death Wish? – JULY 16, 2020 - The budget cuts — many spurred by state budget shortfalls wrought by the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic — will hit behavioral health services when they are needed most... Read More...

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15 deadly overdoses in 72 hours reported in one county

American Nightmares Continue – July 12, 2020 - COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Franklin County Coroner’s Office has reported on Sunday that there have been 15 overdose deaths reported in the county in the last 72 hours. Dr. Ana... Read More...

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Woman’s suspected overdose spotlights hidden deaths of the COVID-19 pandemic

She could have been a contender... – June 28, 2020 - The virus knocked down all the supports she had carefully built around her: no more in-person Narcotics Anonymous meetings, no talks over coffee with a trusted fri... Read More...

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Activists Gave Out Free Cocaine to Highlight Overdose Crisis

Is there a heaven or not? – June 24, 2020 - The group’s calls for action include expanding the access to prescription narcotics in the province, providing a safe supply of cocaine and injectable heroin, covering inje... Read More...

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Grieving mom says lockdown played a role in her son’s overdose death

Epidemic – June 8, 2020 - “He lost his job, his income, that stability that he had from working every day and getting up and going to a structured environment, and he was in isolation,” Holbrook told People.com of th... Read More...

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Experts say ‘overdose app’ not enough to save lives in opioid crisis

Canadian Optimism – June 12, 2020 - On its site, Lifegaurd Digital Health states that it, “has documented at least a dozen lives saved thus far.” And while the app may save some lives, experts caution that it won’... Read More...

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Rise in Overdoses Could be Directly Tied to Unemployment

It works if you’re working – June 4, 2020 - The unemployment rate is one of the indicators defined by the County of San Diego’s Live Well initiative that determine how well San Diego County residents can live h... Read More...

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I lost my son to overdose: What you should know

Good Mourning America – May 27, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of Americans into isolation, as doctors continue to look for a cure. It’s unclear if there’s a nationwide trend of drug overdoses ha... Read More...

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Officials see ‘alarming’ rise in overdose deaths

How much worse can it get? – May 30, 2020 - Harris said CPD has seen an increase “in fentanyl and substances that are even stronger than heroin” this year, with some cases of drug users expecting to receive her... Read More...

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Overdoses are down in New York State

Harm Reduction Works! – May 21st 2020 - Doctor Ben Miller is the Chief Strategy Officer for well being trust, he says the numbers are encouraging: “I think the one thing that we do take away is we have seen vast i... Read More...

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‘Relapses Are Through The Roof, Overdoses Are Through The Roof’: How the Pandemic is Upping Substance Abuse

Lowering the Bottom – MAY 19, 2020 - EJ: Have you experienced that the pandemic is pushing people towards addiction who haven’t struggled with it before? TR: It’s pushing people towards it, because what’s ha... Read More...

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Overdose deaths outpacing COVID-19 deaths in Tri-State area

How It Works – May 10, 2020 - “Since we were on the forefront of telehealth, we have been able to keep our clients engaged in treatment,” she said. “In fact, we are conducting more telehealth sessions through t... Read More...

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75,000 Americans at risk for overdose death or suicide due to CoronaDespair

The long and winding road – May 8, 2020 - The group is calling for a robust approach from local, state and federal officials and agencies to ensure those who lose their jobs because of the pandemic can find work. ... Read More...

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“America’s Other Epidemic” by Beth Macy author of DOPESICK

from The Atlantic – May 2020 - Nikki thought about going back. But then she remembered one of her last conversations with her grandmother. She had forbidden Nikki from going to a certain friend’s house. They’d both ... Read More...

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Chynna Rogers, Philadelphia rapper, dies of overdose at 25

Hard Drugs Down a Dead End Street – April 11, 2020 - The Philadelphia native signed with the agency Ford Models at age 14 after being discovered at the Six Flags Great Adventure park in New Jersey, according to Pitc... Read More...

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While Corona Makes Headlines, Opioid Addiction Continues to Kill

Still Feeling No Pain – April 2, 2020 - I grew up in rural, rust belt Pennsylvania. Although the economy and opportunity may be limited in this part of the country, it was a wonderful place to be raised. Small schoo... Read More...

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Indiana County to Start Bringing Charges Against Residents Who Overdose

Locking Up The Dead – February 29, 2020 - The person who has overdosed is given the opportunity to plead guilty, and if they go that route, “the prosecutor’s office would agree to offer treatment services through pro... Read More...

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Alkermes sued over death of man who overdosed after taking Vivitrol

Sometimes, bad things happen – February 23, 2020 - Adam H. Weintraub, one of plaintiffs’ attorneys, said that as far as he knows this suit, filed in Superior Court in Los Angeles Jan. 31, is the first personal... Read More...

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Congressional Candidate Overdoses

It Can Happen To Anyone – Feb. 24, 2020 - Taylor’s decision to drop out of the Republican primary in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District was first reported by The Arizona Republic and the Gila Herald. Taylor, ... Read More...

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Teaching Kids How to Reverse an Overdose in a Dystopian Present

Teach Your Children Hell – Feb. 23, 2020 - In Carter County, where 56,000 people live in a cluster of small cities and rural towns on the North Carolina border, nearly 60 people have died from opioid overdoses ... Read More...

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Vending Machine in Canada Is Dispensing Dilaudid

Drugstore (Cowboy) Vending Machine – February 10, 2020 - The idea of providing potentially deadly opioids to addicted people via a vending machine might sound actively counterproductive on its face. But with a heroi... Read More...

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