The article reports on the enactment of a law in New Mexico that would protect people who contact emergency services for a friend or family member experiencing a drug overdose. Known as the Good Samaritan bill, the ...
To determine the contribution of heroin, prescription opioids, cocaine and alcohol/drug combinations to the total overdose death rate and identify changes in drug overdose patterns among New Mexico subpopulations. We analyzed medical examiner data for all unintentional drug overdose deaths in New Mexico...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Drug overdose deaths in the United States reached 72,000 in 2017, hitting a record high and surpassing the highest annual death totals from HIV, car crashes and guns, according to latest provisional estimates released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Accidental overdose deaths can happen when using and mixing pain medications (polysubstance use) with other drugs and alcohol. This includes fentanyl whether taken knowingly or not. It is never safe because the combination may be stronger or more unpredictable than one drug alone. ...
Drug overdoses and deaths in the United States areskyrocketing, so states and the federal government are coming up with new ways to combat the crisis. Drug overdose deaths topped 100,000 during the 12-month period ending April 2021 — an increase of more than 28% from the year before. ...
TheNYC Department of Health, reported the highest number of drug overdoses on record last year, with 3,026 people dying, a 12% increase from the year before. Its key contributor, fentanyl, is reportedly the most common substance present in four out of five overdose deaths in the city. ...
But lawmakers also found some ways to find bipartisan bargains, like legalizing fentanyl test strips as a way to reduce overdose deaths. Here are some of the most consequential new laws in Kansas: ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ Men and women are now defined by their se...
New Mexico has long grappled with overdose mortality rates far above the national average. Overdose deaths continue to rise -- the heroin overdose rate in 2008 was the second highest ever recorded and fatal overdoses from prescription opiates such as hydrocodone and oxycontin have surged alarmingly...
Drug overdose deaths are declining in the United States. The finding is being greeted as a sign that we may have reached a turning point in the relentless epidemic of opioid death and addiction that's ravaged the nation for three decades. ...
Despite significant advances in both our understanding of cancer, and in the development of new treatments, annual world-wide cancer-related fatalities remain high, with 9.6 million deaths (accounting for 1 in 6 deaths) alone in 2018 (World Health Organization). This is particularly true for tumo...