Vials of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone and clean syringes have been distributed in Honolulu to try to reduce deaths from overdoses. Despite falling in these rankings (Hawaii was previously ranked 34th), the state's drug-overdose death rate per 100,000 residents increased about 15% from 2...
West Virginia is currently the state with the highest drug overdose death rate in the United States, with 91 deaths per 100,000 population in 2022. Although West Virginia had the highest drug overdose death rate at that time, California was the state where the most people died from ...
Sherman said to keep bringing the number of drug overdose deaths down, it's important to keep scaling up interventions that work including making medications for opioid use disorder andsyringe service programsmore accessible.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The number of drug overdose deaths in Maine increased by nearly a quarter in 2021.
COVID-19 deaths continue to rise despite the Biden administration's plan to send more safe smoking kits and clean needles to drug users as part of a "harm-reduction" approach. NEW YORK, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Drug overdose deaths rose 15 percent in U.S. President Joe Biden's first year...
That means there are about 200 drug overdose deaths in the country every single day, or one every eight minutes. The new estimate represents an increase of more than 6,000 deaths, or 9.5 percent, over the estimate for the previous 12-month period, said a Washington Post report on Thursday...
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Heroinand other opioids accounted for about half of these deaths, a reflection of the damage wrought by theprescription painkiller epidemicthis decade, said Dr. Edwin Salsitz, an addiction medicine specialist. Overdose deaths are so common that they’re driving down the average life expectancy for...
Deaths by suicide and from liver disease caused by alcohol also increased, contributing to the shorter American lifespan. Flu and pneumonia rates decreased, as parts of the U.S. population took precautions against the coronavirus and wore masks. Read more here. Pediatric medicine makers rush to...
Illicit Drug Overdose Deaths Climbing in B.C. despite Official EffortsIllicit Drug Overdose Deaths Climbing in B.C. despite Official EffortsFatal overdose numbers still rising across B.C.--VANCOUVER - The death toll from illicit drugs...Bains, Camille...