18.3 deaths per 100,000 residents 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 r...
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 d...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers suggest.
Overdose deaths trigger state action.The article discusses how state legislatures and the District of Columbia are responding to the resurgence in heroin use that have led to death from opioid overdoses. Topics discussed include the enactment of "Good Samaritan" laws granting limited criminal ...
The state credits the decline to the launch of its Naxlone Direct Portal, which provides Narcan to community groups for free. Officials say the increase in access to fentanyl and xylazine test strips also contributed to the decrease in overdose deaths. "Michigan is a leader in addressing opioid...
This is a 3% decrease from the estimated 111,029 overdose deaths that occurred in 2022 and the first annual decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2018. MORE: 4 dead, more than 50 suspected drug overdoses in Austin 'outbreak': Officials ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The number of drug overdose deaths in Maine increased by nearly a quarter in 2021.
Overcoming Overdose Deaths in Oklahoma As the 25th largest state in the U.S., it may explain some of the substance abuse issues in Oklahoma. It suffers from high rates of overdose deaths involving opioids and strives to create efforts that can improve the issue. Many people may take different...
This serial cross-sectional study examines whether US state Medicaid expansion is associated with county-level counts of opioid overdose deaths.
Overdose deaths by city Infogram In mid-January, BC Emergency Health Services announced that paramedicsresponded to a record-breaking numberof overdose calls – up 12 per cent from 2019 and averaging out to 75 calls each day. Most notable, smaller communities saw the larges spikes in ...