Drug users frequently witness the nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses of their peers, but often fail to intervene effectively to reduce morbidity and mortality. We assessed the circumstances of witnessed heroin-related overdoses in New York City (NYC) among a predominantly minority population of drug...
There is an increasing number of overdose deaths in Ontario where more than one drug contributes to those deaths, a new report shows.A client draws up fentanyl in the consumption room at Moss Park Consumption and Treatment Service in Toronto, Dec. 3, 2024. Photo by Chris Young /The ...
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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 ...
BACKGROUND: Currently, New Mexico pharmacies are directed to report all controlled substance prescriptions to the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) within seven days of filling the prescription. The seven day reporting lag may allow patients to fill multiple prescriptions within a week without being...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Teenage pilots are airlifting animals from shelters in New Mexico to places out of state where they have a better chance of being adopted.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25 Associated PressMay 1, 2025 Overdose Deaths in Kentucky Dropped by Nearly a Third Last Year, Gov. Beshear Says Kentucky is reporting a 30.2% drop in ...
Low-income Mexican residents who live within 45 miles (72 kilometers) of the California-Mexico border will be eligible for in-state tuition rates at participating Southern California community colleges under a new law signed by Newsom. The measure will lower a burden for students to rece...
Meanwhile heroin, fentanyl and other synthetic drugs addictions were surpassing alcoholism. In Gallup, New Mexico, last year 104 people died from drug and alcohol abuse in McKinley County while the state suffered 1,952 deaths,the 13thhighestin the US. ...
A federal appeals court has sided with Native American tribes in their fight against the federal government over a $10 billion energy transmission line that will carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away as California ...