• The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation to fight the epidemic in March. (voanews.com)
  • The opioid epidemic is now one of America's deadliest drug overdose crises. (americantelemed.org)
  • I am working on other bills dealing with the prescription overdose epidemic that we face to prohibit doctor shopping" said Schuitmaker. (fox17online.com)
  • With the nation reeling from an epidemic of drug overdose deaths, President Trump signed legislation Wednesday that is aimed at helping people overcome addiction and preventing addictions before they start. (npr.org)
  • Legislation of this nature is a step in the right direction to combating the opioid epidemic in its totality. (wibx950.com)
  • Prescription drug monitoring programs and "pill mill" laws can curb opioid prescribing and use, but observers say other regulatory tools such as closed formularies might control the opioid epidemic better as it relates to workers compensation. (businessinsurance.com)
  • SAN FRANCISCO - Recipients of public assistance - in a city once known for its embrace of counterculture drugs - would have to submit to tests for substance use under a proposal announced Tuesday by Mayor London Breed as she faces mounting pressure to address San Francisco's fentanyl epidemic. (politico.com)
  • Since his appointment as Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Kerry Harvey has made it clear that fighting the drug epidemic while reducing the stigma around it is a top priority. (ky.gov)
  • These programs will help continue the fight against the drug epidemic in Kentucky while providing help for those who need it. (ky.gov)
  • During the 2022 legislative session, Gov. Beshear continued his work to champion legislation to fight the epidemic and ensure necessary support is available to those who are struggling with addiction. (ky.gov)
  • Washington, D.C. - With ever more Americans falling victim to drug addiction and overdoses from opiates, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) today introduced bipartisan legislation that could help turn the tide in the struggle against this epidemic. (senate.gov)
  • This legislation builds on proven methods to enable law enforcement to respond to this heroin epidemic and supports long-term recovery by connecting prevention and education efforts with treatment programs. (senate.gov)
  • This commonsense, bipartisan legislation includes my provision to strengthen prescription drug monitoring programs across the country and will help ensure that communities have the resources they need to combat this epidemic. (senate.gov)
  • Amid America's deadliest drug epidemic, data on how many people use and die from drugs is a mess. (motherjones.com)
  • The two biggest national data sets on drug deaths and use, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, respectively, show a quickly worsening epidemic-one that Heath and Human Services Secretary Tom Price called "heartbreaking. (motherjones.com)
  • Indeed, overdose numbers determine the funding and programming that state and federal agencies devote to the epidemic. (motherjones.com)
  • Chinese fentanyl is fueling the overdose epidemic, flooding through our southern border with the help of the drug cartels. (house.gov)
  • This epidemic touches every area of our state and we are losing nearly five Michiganders every single day to opioid overdoses," said Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist. (michigan.gov)
  • This legislation will help bring us closer to ending this epidemic by expanding access to treatment and to life-saving medications which can increase their chances of a successful recovery and prevent additional tragedies among our families. (michigan.gov)
  • In 2020, the challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic, such as increased social isolation and decreased access to treatment services, exacerbated the already deadly drug overdose epidemic. (michigan.gov)
  • My signature issue has been the opioid epidemic, with prescription drug abuse and heroin and overdoses, which is a public-health crisis in Pennsylvania, as it is in much of the nation. (medscape.com)
  • Persons in addiction treatment are likely to experience and/or witness drug overdoses following treatment and thus could benefit from overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) programs. (nih.gov)
  • Only 56% of participants correctly identified naloxone as an opioid overdose treatment despite that 68% had experienced an overdose and 79% had witnessed another person overdose. (nih.gov)
  • All PWUO in criminal justice diversion programs could benefit from OEND given the high propensity to experience and witness overdoses and low naloxone knowledge across justice involvement backgrounds and genders. (nih.gov)
  • Many Iowans are fighting for better understanding of substance use disorders and for measures that could save the lives of people, including broader access in Iowa to an overdose reversal drug called naloxone or narcan. (investigatemidwest.org)
  • Iowans now have access to Naloxone, a prescription medication that can reverse an opioid overdose, thanks to a legislation passing the 2016 General Assembly after this story was published and a standing order issued by Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, the Iowa Department of Public Health medical director. (investigatemidwest.org)
  • The city will be required to train shelter providers and shelter residents in the administration of naloxone, which has been shown to reverse, in real time, the impact of an otherwise fatal opioid overdose. (gaycitynews.com)
  • The legislation allows pharmacists to prescribe the opiate antagonist naloxone to anyone at risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose - or to anyone in a position to assist the at-risk person. (k2radio.com)
  • Opioid overdose requiring lifesaving treatment occurs in a wide variety of settings and circumstances, however mandating training is unnecessary and may reduce access to naloxone. (oregon.gov)
  • The administration has also supported the usage of naloxone, a non-addictive drug with the power to reverse opioid overdoses. (iwf.org)
  • For further context, there were 1,287 cumulative overdose reversals - using naloxone, a medication that can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose - performed by San Francisco emergency medical services citywide between December 13, 2021 and June 19, 2022. (ebar.com)
  • Some innovative jurisdictions are implementing harm reduction strategies such as alternatives to incarceration, medication assisted treatment, and overdose prevention and naloxone distribution. (vera.org)
  • As the opioid crisis has swept the nation, more and more states are equipping their first responders and police officers with naloxone, an overdose antidote that reverses opioid overdoses and can be administered by bystanders with minimal training. (vera.org)
  • This report details the efforts of New York State to implement an overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) program to one particularly vulnerable population-people who have been recently released from incarceration in state prison. (vera.org)
  • It also would ease access to naloxone, a drug that can be used to revive people when they're having opioid overdoses. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • We do support, however, needle and syringe programmes to prevent blood-borne diseases, and the widening of the availability of naloxone to help prevent overdose deaths. (parliament.uk)
  • Expand the availability of naloxone to law enforcement agencies and other first responders to help in the reversal of overdoses to save lives. (senate.gov)
  • The legislation will expand availability of treatment for opioid use disorder in emergency departments and access to naloxone, the life-saving drug that can reverse overdoses, to community-based organizations. (michigan.gov)
  • As new drugs surface, it's essential that we get ahead of the crisis and expand access to test strips. (senate.gov)
  • This legislation takes a critical next step in tackling the opioid crisis and will help save lives. (senate.gov)
  • Test strips are an important component of a comprehensive public health approach to address the overdose crisis and we support efforts to increase access," said Lindsey Vuolo, Vice President, Health Law and Policy, Partnership to End Addiction . (senate.gov)
  • Public health prevention of overdose deaths depends on wide distribution of Narcan kits so that a user gets immediate help from others during a crisis. (gaycitynews.com)
  • All that is required is a basic training, a basic drug, and a basic show of compassion towards those in crisis. (gaycitynews.com)
  • Last week, Brown helped reintroduce the Debt-Free College Act, legislation that aims to reverse the growing student debt crisis in the United States. (sidneydailynews.com)
  • The presentation will include a look at how the legislation was passed, what it really means, what the possibilities are for enhanced legislation, the policy around telehealth legislation, and the practical effects of telemedicine use for this crisis. (americantelemed.org)
  • Drug criminalization and prohibition have led to an unsafe, unregulated drug supply that's driving the overdose crisis. (drugpolicy.org)
  • S.1622's approach contradicts this Committee's recent work to advance criminal justice reform and public health approaches to the overdose crisis. (hrw.org)
  • The U.S. is in the midst of a deadly overdose crisis that has claimed thousands of lives each year. (hrw.org)
  • Governor Cuomo has run out of time and valid reasons to hold up implementing a public health tool that is crucial for saving lives amid the overdose crisis," said Kassandra Frederique, NY State Director at Drug Policy Alliance and member of the EndOverdoseNY coalition. (drugpolicy.org)
  • While Governor Cuomo signaled his support for the centers during the Gubernatorial debate, his stalling post-election suggests he'd rather play politics rather than be an innovative leader on the overdose crisis. (drugpolicy.org)
  • Soon, President Trump is expected to sign bipartisan legislation aimed at addressing the opioid crisis. (iwf.org)
  • San Francisco is in the midst of a drug overdose crisis. (ebar.com)
  • As the United States continues to grapple with an opioid overdose crisis, it's imperative that policymakers recognize that enforcement-led approaches have long failed to reduce illicit drug use or associated crime. (vera.org)
  • A new study featured in JAMA Psychiatry found that an innovative program in Rhode Island prisons reduced post-incarceration overdose deaths, highlighting the role that U.S. correctional facilities can play in combating the current opioid crisis. (vera.org)
  • Despite a proven evidence base and increasing calls from the President's Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis to incorporate MAT into criminal justice settings, there remains reticence on the part of many jails to adopt MAT. (vera.org)
  • Fighting the opioid overdose crisis in New York must include making medication-assisted treatment for incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities part of the essential healthcare course. (wibx950.com)
  • As the addiction and overdose crisis that has gripped the U.S. for two decades turns even deadlier, state governments are scrambling for ways to stem the destruction wrought by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • The recent case of five West Point cadets who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine during spring break in Florida put the dangers and pervasiveness of the fentanyl crisis back in the spotlight. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • The proposal from the Democratic mayor of this ultra-liberal city reflects the depth of frustration with a fentanyl crisis that has led to record overdoses, turned parts of downtown into open-air drug markets and is correlated with an increase in car break-ins and other property crime. (politico.com)
  • This mixed-methods study investigated drug-using practices and perspectives of NH residents who use opioids to inform policy in tackling the overdose crisis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Oregon, in 2020, passed the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act which aimed to alleviate addiction by decriminalizing hard drugs. (dailycaller.com)
  • There were 711 overdose deaths in 2020, and 640 in 2021. (ebar.com)
  • The study , published in JAMA Health Forum , examined whether post-release overdose deaths and drug-related hospital and emergency department visits increased after more than 2,000 individuals were released from prison in late 2020 as the result of a pandemic-era policy. (eurekalert.org)
  • They found the risk of overdose or death in individuals with substance use disorder after the mass prison release in 2020 didn't increase compared with earlier periods of time. (eurekalert.org)
  • More than 107,000 overdose deaths were reported in the United States between December 2020 to December 2021. (ky.gov)
  • In the United States, we lost more than 100,000 lives to drug overdose deaths from April 2020 to April 2021 per the CDC , and in Ohio, 5,585 lives . (house.gov)
  • Provisional 2020 data shows an increase in total drug overdose deaths in Michigan. (michigan.gov)
  • In 2020, opioids were involved in 75% of all drug overdose deaths in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • [ 2 ] In 2020, 82.3% of opioid-involved overdose deaths involved synthetic opioids. (medscape.com)
  • Overdose deaths have skyrocketed across New York from 944 in 2005 to 3,638 in 2016. (drugpolicy.org)
  • In 2016, Ithaca Mayor Myrick introduced the Ithaca Plan, which also voiced support for a overdose prevention center pilot. (drugpolicy.org)
  • In 2017, more than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses , up from roughly 64,000 overdose deaths in 2016. (npr.org)
  • Fentanyl has driven overdose deaths in the U.S. since 2016, and that isn't changing as the cheaper and deadlier synthetic opioid continues to be cut into the drug supply. (wbay.com)
  • headlines in August that 64,000 Americans had died of overdoses in 2016-a 21 percent jump from the previous year. (motherjones.com)
  • Although overdose deaths involving prescription opioids and heroin have remained stable since 2016, overdose deaths involving all opioids have increased, due to rising numbers involving synthetic opioids. (medscape.com)
  • [ 5 ] By 2016, overdose deaths involving fentanyl surpassed those from heroin and exceeded those from any other drug. (medscape.com)
  • From 2016 to 2017, the rate of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (eg, fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, and tramadol) increased 45%, from 6.2 to 9.0 per 100,000 population. (medscape.com)
  • BACKGROUND: New Hampshire (NH) has had among the highest rates of fentanyl-related overdose deaths per capita in the United States for several years in a row-more than three times the national average in 2016. (bvsalud.org)
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , more than 109,000 Americans died from a drug-related overdose in 2022, with 67% of those deaths caused by synthetic opioids like fentanyl. (senate.gov)
  • One of the ways to reduce this staggeringly high number of deaths is to encourage the use of drug test strips that can detect the presence of fentanyl, xylazine, and other adulterants in various types of drugs and forms. (senate.gov)
  • The possession of drug test strips is already legal under federal law, and there has been a surge of support to decriminalize fentanyl test strips, with 16 states legalizing these strips as of January of this year . (senate.gov)
  • States across the country have decriminalized fentanyl test strips, but as xylazine and other deadly drugs emerge in popularity, the federal government has an important role to play in ensuring nationwide access to test strips. (senate.gov)
  • Allow an individual to obtain, possess, provide, or use test strips designed to detect the presence of fentanyl, xylazine, or other adulterants in drug samples in all states. (senate.gov)
  • These new codes allow for more specific reporting of drug overdoses involving synthetic opioids including drug overdoses involving fentanyl. (tn.gov)
  • 11 overdose calls total, most involving fentanyl. (dailycaller.com)
  • In 2021 alone, fentanyl accounted for 70,000 overdose deaths, according to The Washington Post . (dailycaller.com)
  • CDC statistics estimate 150 daily deaths from overdoses related to opiates like fentanyl. (dailycaller.com)
  • The undersigned organizations write to oppose S.1622 - Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act (SOFA) [1] because we believe this legislation is deeply flawed. (hrw.org)
  • In the past few years, synthetic drugs such as fentanyl and their analogues have been responsible for overdose deaths in many parts of the country. (hrw.org)
  • [2] In the East Coast and Midwest, use of fentanyl and its variants has been especially dominant with users overdosing after heroin is mixed with fentanyl. (hrw.org)
  • As a result, the DEA has requested that Congress pass legislation, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act, to give the agency broad "class-wide" powers to schedule all fentanyl's, circumventing essential coordination with HHS (as is currently required under the Controlled Substances Act). (hrw.org)
  • Kim Adams of the SOAR Initiative, a nonprofit that seeks to prevent drug overdoses in Ohio, packs fentanyl testing strips to be shipped out to anonymous recipients on April 13, 2023, at their office in Columbus, Ohio. (wbay.com)
  • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - At Cleveland's Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as they wait, or help themselves to drug screening tests left out in a box on a table with a somber message: "Your drugs could contain fentanyl. (wbay.com)
  • Approximately 75,000 of the nearly 110,000 overdose deaths of 2022 could be linked to fentanyl, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (wbay.com)
  • The CDC recommends fentanyl test strips as a low-cost means of helping prevent drug overdoses. (wbay.com)
  • They can detect fentanyl in cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and many other drugs - whether in pills, powders or injectables. (wbay.com)
  • Yet these small paper strips are still considered illegal in some states, outlawed under drug paraphernalia laws dating to the 1970s era war on drugs - long before fentanyl began seeping into the nation's drug supply. (wbay.com)
  • But there was never any debate for Kansas mother Brandy Harris, who lost her 21-year-old son Sebastain Sheahan to a fentanyl overdose in April 2022. (wbay.com)
  • This Aug. 2017 photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division shows one of four containers holding some of the 30,000 fentanyl pills the agency seized in one of its bigger busts in Tempe, Ariz. As the number of U.S. overdose deaths continues to soar, states are trying to take steps to combat a flood of the drug that has proved the most lethal - illicitly produced fentanyl. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • In statehouses across the country, lawmakers have been considering and adopting laws on two fronts: reducing the risk to users and increasing the penalties for dealing fentanyl or mixing it with other drugs. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • It's a fine line to help people and try to get people clean, and at the same time incarcerate and get the drug dealers off the streets," said Nathan Manning, a Republican state senator in Ohio who is sponsoring legislation to make it clear that materials used to test drugs for fentanyl are legal. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • About two-thirds of the deaths were linked to fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, which can be 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, heroin or prescription opioids. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • The chemical precursors to the drugs are being shipped largely from China to Mexico, where much of the illicit fentanyl supply is produced in labs before being smuggled into the U.S. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • While users sometimes seek out fentanyl specifically, it and other synthetics with similar properties are often mixed with other drugs or formed into counterfeit pills so users often don't know they're taking it. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • Advocates say test strips can help prevent accidental overdoses of drugs laced with fentanyl. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • That bill also would create a new crime of adding fentanyl to another drug. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • According to cases autopsied by Kentucky's Office of the State Medical Examiner and toxicology reports submitted by Kentucky coroners, the rise in the death toll was driven largely by an increased use in fentanyl which accounts for approximately 70% of all overdose deaths for the year. (ky.gov)
  • That makes a big difference: Recently published data from southern Ohio, where fentanyl analogs were tested, found that in the first two months of this year, 90 percent of overdoses involved fentanyl, and about half involved analogs like acetyl fentanyl and norfentanyl-drugs that we hear about far less often than, say, heroin, which was only present in 6 percent of overdoses. (motherjones.com)
  • Due to the increase in overdose deaths related to fentanyl and FRS, this bill will address the permanent scheduling of fentanyl analogs in the Schedule I category as well as grant researchers the ability to conduct studies on these substances. (house.gov)
  • The Halt Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act closely tracks recommendations to Congress submitted by the Office of National Drug Control Policy in September. (house.gov)
  • I am pleased to introduce meaningful legislation alongside my colleague, Rep. Griffith, that will permanently schedule fentanyl and fentanyl related substances as Schedule I substances under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). (house.gov)
  • Fentanyl is now the leading cause of overdose deaths in the United States. (house.gov)
  • Fentanyl or its analogues-either diverted or illegally produced-appears to be responsible for much of the increase in synthetic opioid overdoses. (medscape.com)
  • [ 4 ] Fentanyl analogues, such as carfentanil, which is 100 more times more potent than fentanyl and is approved only for veterinary use, are also a rising cause of opioid overdoses, often fatal. (medscape.com)
  • METHODS: Seventy-six participants from six NH counties completed demographic surveys and semi-structured interviews focused on drug-using practices and perspectives, including use precursors, fentanyl-seeking behaviors, and experiences with overdose. (bvsalud.org)
  • RESULTS: Eighty-four percent of interviewees had knowingly used fentanyl in their lifetime, 70 % reported overdosing at least once, and 42 % had sought a batch of drugs known to have caused an overdose. (bvsalud.org)
  • The majority stated most heroin available in NH was laced with fentanyl and acknowledged that variability across batches increased overdose risk. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Centers for Disease Control says the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids - prescribed painkillers and heroin - increased 200 percent between 2000 and 2014. (voanews.com)
  • If someone was selling a bad batch of heroin and making people sick, and the police would show up at an overdose caused by that, the (police) wouldn't be able to do anything about it," Van Den Hurk said "They (subcommittee) said the bill wasn't written well enough to account for those loose ends. (rvanews.com)
  • But in Pennsylvania, the opioid overdose rate more than doubled when Ruhm applied his corrections, leading the state's heroin overdose rate to jump from 32nd- to the 7th-highest in the country. (motherjones.com)
  • Death from the direct toxic effects of a heroin overdose itself is usually associated with respiratory depression, coma, and pulmonary edema. (medscape.com)
  • Effective January 3rd, 2021, hospitals will be required to report drug overdoses containing 36 new Opioid-related ICD-10-CM codes. (tn.gov)
  • In December 2021, the Faculty of Public Health published an open letter calling for pilot overdose prevention centres in the UK. (idpc.net)
  • In 2021, there were 107,600 overdose deaths in the U.S. (drugpolicy.org)
  • June 13, 2022) - Today, the Commonwealth of Kentucky released the 2021 Drug Overdose Report which indicates that 2,250 Kentuckians died from drug overdoses in 2021, a 14.5% increase compared with the year prior. (ky.gov)
  • The 2021 Overdose Fatality Report , released by the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP), compiled data from the Office of the State Medical Examiner, the Kentucky Injury Prevention & Research Center and the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics. (ky.gov)
  • Despite this aim, overdose rates rose by 20% in 2022, complicating the goals of the legislation, according to KATU . (dailycaller.com)
  • However, the increasing rate of drug overdose deaths in rural areas, which surpassed rates in urban areas, is cause for concern. (cdc.gov)
  • State health data show that in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, opioids were involved in at least 3,373 overdose deaths in 2014, the most recent year for which figures are available. (wkyufm.org)
  • The bill will standardize the patchwork of state laws regulating this inexpensive life-saving tool and has a real potential to reduce overdose deaths. (senate.gov)
  • Read more about the work being done to embrace public health approaches to drug use that have the potential to reduce overdose deaths, improve the wellbeing of justice system-involved people, and advance the health and safety of communities. (vera.org)
  • This legislation codified under ORS 689.681 was subsequently amended repealing training requirements on lifesaving treatments for opiate overdose and the requirement that the Authority adopt administrative rules establishing protocols and criteria for such training. (oregon.gov)
  • 47,055 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2014. (voanews.com)
  • According to the CDC, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. (americantelemed.org)
  • For the first time, more than 100,000 Americans had died of drug overdoses over a 12-month period. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more Americans die every day from drug overdoses than from car accidents - an average of 110 people per day. (senate.gov)
  • Of the approximately 22.7 million Americans who needed treatment for substance use in 2013, only 2.5 million people received it, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy. (senate.gov)
  • Advocates and family members who have lost loved ones to overdose blasted Gov. Cuomo in a series of billboards that began airing throughout Times Square on Giving Tuesday, pressing the Governor to "Give the Gift of Life" this holiday season by authorizing Overdose Prevention Centers. (drugpolicy.org)
  • The centers, also known as safer consumption spaces (SCS), are a proven tool for preventing unnecessary and tragic overdose deaths. (drugpolicy.org)
  • As overdose deaths continue to increase across New York-a New Yorker dies every 6 hours of a preventable overdose-advocates in the EndOverdoseNY coalition are calling on Governor Cuomo to show his leadership and take immediate action to establish Overdose Prevention Centers. (drugpolicy.org)
  • The EndOverdoseNY coalition demands Governor Cuomo take action to establish Overdose Prevention Centers, a proven evidence-based public health intervention to prevent overdose deaths. (drugpolicy.org)
  • Overdose Prevention Centers not only prevent overdose-they are centers of care and acceptance that serve as a gateway to deliver the services that people who use drugs need to live healthy lives. (drugpolicy.org)
  • We are ready to take any measure necessary to get approval for Overdose Prevention Centers. (drugpolicy.org)
  • As family members who have lost loved ones to overdose we are telling Gov. Cuomo that these deaths are on his hands-he must take action immediately to create Overdose Prevention Centers in New York so no other family has to experience the pain of knowing their loved one died when there was a public health tool that could have saved them. (drugpolicy.org)
  • We need the Governor to take action immediately on Overdose Prevention Centers to save lives and connect people with care. (drugpolicy.org)
  • Earlier this year, activists pushed Mayor de Blasio to support piloting four NYC Overdose Prevention Centers. (drugpolicy.org)
  • Preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that there was a slight decrease in the number of overdose deaths over the course of the past few months. (iwf.org)
  • To better facilitate provision of care, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has organized this COCA Call to help improve understanding among clinicians of the concerns of people who use drugs and people who have a substance use disorder. (cdc.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control found that in 2014 the three states were among the five states with the nation's highest rates of drug overdose deaths, largely driven by opioids. (wkyufm.org)
  • Vermonters know that harm reduction tools play a critical role in preventing accidental drug overdose," said Senator Welch . (senate.gov)
  • I'm proud to join Sen. Booker to lead this legislation to help prevent accidental overdose. (senate.gov)
  • We should encourage their use to prevent accidental overdoses and deaths," said Senator Booker . (senate.gov)
  • Many individuals experience multiple nonfatal overdoses during which they interact with the healthcare system prior to succumbing to a fatal overdose. (tn.gov)
  • A measure approved by the City Council on October 31 guarantees that homeless shelters across New York will be staffed by people trained to prevent fatal overdoses. (gaycitynews.com)
  • The new legislation expands the city's public health commitment to reduce fatal ODs. (gaycitynews.com)
  • This legislation creates a framework for helping drug users to help themselves in preventing fatal overdoses. (gaycitynews.com)
  • To help manage the pain he was prescribed methadone, an opioid typically associated with treating addiction that can still result in a fatal overdose if misused. (wkyufm.org)
  • Analyzing the CDC's death certificate data from when California enacted the country's first medical marijuana law through 2010, researchers suggested states with medical marijuana laws averaged around 25 percent fewer fatal overdoses than if it did not have such legislation. (wkyufm.org)
  • AP) - A new state law grants immunity from civil and criminal liability to anyone administering a counteracting drug to someone experiencing a prescription drug overdose. (k2radio.com)
  • From 2003 to 2009, prescription drug overdose deaths in Florida rose more than 80%, so the state passed legislation in 2010 requiring pill mills, "or rogue pain management clinics," to register with the state, among other things, according to the study. (businessinsurance.com)
  • Banks echoed that message, saying, "We remain committed to continuing to empower more New Yorkers to be overdose first responders, ready to save lives. (gaycitynews.com)
  • The city health department has long encouraged ordinary New Yorkers to become overdose first responders. (gaycitynews.com)
  • Senator Schuitmaker helped put Narcan into the hands of police and first responders, then introduced legislation in February aimed at making Narcan available in pharmacies without a prescription. (fox17online.com)
  • How a quick trip to your local pharmacy can help fight drug addiction and overdose. (upworthy.com)
  • Also on Wednesday, Brown, along with Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation, called the Housing for Homeless Students Act , that would update current law to ensure students, including veterans, who have experienced homelessness or are currently homeless, can access affordable housing while pursuing their education. (sidneydailynews.com)
  • The opioid legislation was a rarity for this Congress, getting overwhelming bipartisan support in both chambers. (npr.org)
  • This bipartisan legislation includes important steps to increase drug abuse prevention efforts, improve treatment for those struggling with addiction, ensure law enforcement has greater access to tools to fight drug abuse, and develop best practices for treatment, intervention, and pain management nationwide. (senate.gov)
  • The bipartisan legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25 strengthens the mental health care system, school safety programs, and gun safety laws - further advancing the President's whole-of-government mental health strategy, which he launched as part of his Unity Agenda. (hhs.gov)
  • Investments from this bipartisan legislation are critical to realizing the vision outlined in the HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration. (hhs.gov)
  • The coalition criticized the Governor's inaction on addressing preventable overdoses amid the seventh straight year of increased deaths in NYC. (drugpolicy.org)
  • California - like our nation as a whole - is experiencing a dramatic and preventable increase in overdose deaths, and we need every available tool to help people stay alive and get healthy," he stated in a news release. (ebar.com)
  • Safe consumption sites, also known as supervised injection facilities, allow people to use drugs under the watch of medical staff, reducing the risk of overdose deaths. (ebar.com)
  • Effective January 2023, facilities will be required to report drug overdoses containing 78 new ICD-10-CM codes under three new categories of substance (cannabis and synthetic cannabinoids, hallucinogens, and unspecified drugs and substances). (tn.gov)
  • The bill aimed to protect anyone experiencing or witnessing a drug overdose-whether from a controlled substance or synthetic cannabinoid-according to VCU SSDP Co-president and Treasurer Rose Bono. (rvanews.com)
  • Rather than focusing resources on reducing overdose deaths from synthetic drugs, the bill would grant the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) broad authority within the scheduling process, increase sentences, and expose many more individuals to harsh penalties, including mandatory minimum sentences. (hrw.org)
  • The test strips, previously labeled as illegal drug paraphernalia, were only recently decriminalized in the state this spring as part of a nationwide effort to save people who use drugs from overdosing on the deadly synthetic opioid. (wbay.com)
  • Owner Waverly Willis has given out strips for years at his barbershop, hoping to protect others from unwittingly being exposed to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S . and often secretly laced into other illegal drugs. (wbay.com)
  • At the time, Portland had already recorded 96 overdoses resulting in 11 deaths in 2023, the report continued. (dailycaller.com)
  • Under the law, homeless shelter and SRO residents will also be trained in the use of Narcan, something that VOCAL-NY, which works directly with the city's drug-using population, hailed as a step forward in public health responsiveness. (gaycitynews.com)
  • Using Adapt Nasal Narcan to Reverse Opioid Overdose (Multnomah County Health Dept. (oregon.gov)
  • In contrast to other pending federal bills based on failed "War on Drugs" reasoning, this bill does not rely on the criminal law which disproportionately polices, convicts and incarcerates people of color. (senate.gov)
  • An important tactic in understanding and combating Drug Overdoses in Tennessee is to have more information about people who have died from drug overdoses. (tn.gov)
  • Overdose prevention centres are healthcare facilities where people consume their own drugs under the supervision of trained staff who intervene in the event of an overdose. (idpc.net)
  • Improperly discarded medications have the potential to be found by people - adults and children - for whom they weren't prescribed, creating the likelihood of abuse, such as addiction or even overdose. (upworthy.com)
  • Across all of America, 47,000 people have died because of drug overdoses, Walgreens Boots Alliance co-COO Alex Gourlay told CBS . (upworthy.com)
  • Opioid overdose deaths among recently incarcerated people are 27 times higher than the general population in the first 2 weeks post-release. (drugpolicy.org)
  • In 2019 , at least 17,278 arrests were made for drug offenses in Mississippi, with law enforcement making 581 arrests per 100,000 people. (drugpolicy.org)
  • According to the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia, hundreds of people die every year from unintentional drug overdose," Bono said. (rvanews.com)
  • Drugs do not distinguish upon rich or poor," said State Senator Tonya Schuitmaker (R). "They are just awful for our community so it's important that we help people as much as we can. (fox17online.com)
  • Meanwhile, nearly 42,000 people die in this countryas a result of drug overdoses. (huffpost.com)
  • Every day in the United States, 114 people die as a result of drug overdose, and another 6,748 are treated in emergency departments (ED) for the misuse or abuse of drugs. (huffpost.com)
  • Among people 25 to 64 years old, drug overdose caused more deaths than motor vehicle traffic crashes. (huffpost.com)
  • Meanwhile, nearly 42,000 people die in this country every year as a result of drug overdoses. (huffpost.com)
  • For the most part, we don't even bother to educate our young people about the dangers of drugs and addiction. (huffpost.com)
  • Brown wanted a requirement that people undergo drug treatment. (ebar.com)
  • He also noted that safe consumption sites are models in helping people avoid overdose deaths. (ebar.com)
  • That is, even as HBO and the National Institute on Drug Abuse trumpet a new age of addiction as brain disease, their narratives are of redemption - of people saved from the brink of hell by God, love, revelation, and personal commitment. (peele.net)
  • And it is estimated that nearly two thirds of people serving sentences meet criteria for drug dependence or abuse. (vera.org)
  • There is increasing momentum, however, for a smarter, more effective, and more compassionate approach to people who use drugs that is grounded in evidence. (vera.org)
  • Legislation currently being proposed in New York State-S2161/A833A-would change that, requiring prisons and jails across the state to provide MAT to people who are incarcerated. (vera.org)
  • According to surveys conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of people in jail meet criteria for drug dependence or abuse. (vera.org)
  • Legalizing test strips could bring those numbers down, advocates say, saving lives by helping more people understand just how deadly their drugs could be. (wbay.com)
  • He said more coercive incentives are needed to get people into treatment, especially amid the "unprecedented loss of life in San Francisco" due to drug overdoses. (politico.com)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges in healthcare for those who may be at greater risk for adverse health outcomes such as people who use drugs or people who have a substance use disorder. (cdc.gov)
  • In Rhode Island, more than 100 people have died from drug overdoses already this year," said Whitehouse. (senate.gov)
  • Spain is the Western European country with the highest prevalenceof Human Immunodeficiency Virus among people who inject drugs.The Hepatitis-C Virus affects over fifty per cent of this population. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of this qualitative anddescriptive study is to analyze how people who inject drugs perceive anapplication for mobile devices. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2003, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated about 1.4 million people used injection drugs in North America. (medscape.com)
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reported that an approximate 13 million people used injection drugs worldwide in 2003, with 130 countries providing information and 78% residing in developing countries. (medscape.com)
  • Additionally, 92% of the deaths were unintentional, and many victims were unaware that their drugs were laced with these dangerous substances. (senate.gov)
  • In 2012, 33,175 (79.9 percent) of the 41,502 drug overdose deaths in the United States were unintentional. (huffpost.com)
  • Understanding differences in illicit drug use, illicit drug use disorders, and overall drug overdose deaths in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas is important for informing public health programs, interventions, and policies. (cdc.gov)
  • Illicit drug use and drug use disorders during 2003-2014, and drug overdose deaths during 1999-2015. (cdc.gov)
  • The National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) collects information through face-to-face household interviews about the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco among the U.S. noninstitutionalized civilian population aged ≥12 years. (cdc.gov)
  • Although both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas experienced significant increases from 2003-2005 to 2012-2014 in self-reported past-month use of illicit drugs, the prevalence was highest for the large metropolitan areas compared with small metropolitan or nonmetropolitan areas throughout the study period. (cdc.gov)
  • Notably, past-month use of illicit drugs declined over the study period for the youngest respondents (aged 12-17 years). (cdc.gov)
  • The prevalence of past-year illicit drug use disorders among persons using illicit drugs in the past year varied by metropolitan/nonmetropolitan status and changed over time. (cdc.gov)
  • Across both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, the prevalence of past-year illicit drug use disorders declined during 2003-2014. (cdc.gov)
  • The decline in illicit drug use by youth and the lower prevalence of illicit drug use disorders in rural areas during 2012-2014 are encouraging signs. (cdc.gov)
  • The legislation is intended to expand treatment options, improve prevention, and put an end to the flow of illicit drugs into the U.S. (iwf.org)
  • Opioids are prescribed widely, often in concert with other analgesics, and this legitimate use, along with diversion of pharmaceutical opioids and abuse of illicit opioids, results in large numbers of overdoses. (medscape.com)
  • Drug overdose death rates (per 100,000 population) for metropolitan areas were higher than in nonmetropolitan areas in 1999 (6.4 versus 4.0), however, the rates converged in 2004, and by 2015, the nonmetropolitan rate (17.0) was slightly higher than the metropolitan rate (16.2). (cdc.gov)
  • From 2013 to 2014, however, rates of opioid overdose deaths increased 14%, from 7.9 to 9.0 per 100,000 population. (medscape.com)
  • Under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, some acts that would otherwise be controlled by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 are already exempt from criminalisation, in order to enable services that reduce harms. (idpc.net)
  • Explain CDC strategies and activities to prevent opioid overdoses and related harms, including CDC overdose prevention resources. (cdc.gov)
  • Opioids constitute a notable percentage of total overdoses encountered in the ED and they merit particular attention because of the potential mortality/morbidity they cause when unrecognized and untreated, as well as the relative ease of reversing their effects. (medscape.com)
  • Medical problems also arise from damage caused by the drugs themselves (eg, morbidity and mortality associated with drug overdose). (medscape.com)
  • Morbidity and mortality may result from infection secondary to injecting drug use, sequelae of injection with adulterants added to the drug mixture, sequelae of the drug use itself, drug overdose, or violence associated with drug use. (medscape.com)
  • If you're not sure if there's a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) authorized unused medication drop location near you, you can visit the agency's website or call 1-800-882-9539. (upworthy.com)
  • ABSTRACT The Maltese Medicines Authority was tasked with developing a reporting form that captures high-quality case information on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and medication errors in order to fulfil its public-health obligations set by the European Union (EU) legislation on pharmacovigilance. (who.int)
  • The valium, the anti-inflammatory drugs and I was able to cut my pain medication dose in half. (wkyufm.org)
  • Overdose deaths have risen sharply since the onset of the COVID pandemic. (ebar.com)
  • Over the past year, the Drug Science Enhanced Harm Reduction Working Group has been researching the feasibility of setting up pilot overdose prevention centres in the UK. (idpc.net)
  • Each year, there are over 1 million arrests for drug possession in the U.S. (drugpolicy.org)
  • DEA has not asked the relevant public health agencies, HHS and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to determine if their scheduling action is medically and scientifically valid, so they are ineligible for a one-year extension to this timeline. (hrw.org)
  • That information, over time, makes its way to the state and eventually to a national database maintained by the CDC, which publishes the definitive annual overdose numbers used each year by federal agencies, the media, politicians, and more. (motherjones.com)
  • As drug overdoses continue to claim thousands of lives each year in our country, our bill offers a way to make progress amid the tragedy of addiction. (house.gov)
  • In the past year alone, criminal drug cartels have been flooding the U.S. with counterfeit pills . (house.gov)
  • Through this legislation, hospitals that treat over 50 overdoses a year will receiving funding to build capacity to offer MOUDs. (michigan.gov)
  • Atthe same time, the World Health Organization considers that the average coverage of injection material for drug user per year is low. (bvsalud.org)
  • Organization endorsing the Expanding Nationwide Access to Test Strips Act include: National Harm Reduction Coalition, Partnership to End Addiction, American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists, American College of Emergency Physicians, Drug Policy Alliance, People's Action, Illinois Harm Reduction & Recovery Coalition, and Dream.org. (senate.gov)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Expanding Nationwide Access to Test Strips Act , legislation that would expand access to and decriminalize drug test strips nationwide in order to prevent drug overdoses and deaths. (senate.gov)
  • It is necessary to provide the full range of evidence-based drug treatment and harm reduction interventions to prevent these deaths. (idpc.net)
  • International evidence demonstrates they reduce drug related deaths, encourage safer injecting practices to prevent infections and increase engagement with wider drug treatment and support services. (idpc.net)
  • Treatment of individuals who use injection drugs may be complicated by social and political barriers to treatment and by a lack of resources for public health approaches to treatment. (medscape.com)
  • Drug abuse is claiming lives and tearing families apart in Minnesota and across the country, and we can spare no effort to reverse this deadly trend," Klobuchar said. (senate.gov)
  • In some instances, where indicated, legislation enacted by both houses is awaiting the governor's signature and, of course, the reader should check to determine whether the governor has signed or vetoed the bill. (nysba.org)
  • In the first decade of this century, the overdose death rate increased nearly four times, with admissions to addiction treatment programs up six times over the same time period. (voanews.com)
  • Probably the best news in the SUPPORT ACT was the legislation sponsored by Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) which removed the geographic distinction and qualifications for an originating site for Medicare beneficiaries for the treatment of substance abuse. (americantelemed.org)
  • In this case, medicated assisted treatment would be access to methadone or buprenorphine which are commonly used drugs to aid with substance abuse disorders. (wibx950.com)
  • Thomas Stuber, chief legislative officer at The LCADA Way, a drug treatment organization in Ohio that serves Lorain County and nearby areas, has been pushing for the test strip legislation. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • Her proposal - which progressive critics immediately compared to Republican-style welfare mandates - would require all recipients of locally-funded cash assistance participate in a substance abuse treatment program if screening showed drug use. (politico.com)
  • HB 7 created the Advisory Council for Recovery Ready Communities within ODCP, who is partnering with Volunteers of America to launch a Recovery Ready Community Certification Program for cities and counties to apply for upon offering transportation, support groups, recovering meetings and employment services at no cost to residents currently seeking treatment for a drug or alcohol addiction. (ky.gov)
  • If you're Pennsylvania and you're applying for the billion-dollar fund that the Cures Act created, you would be in a much better position if you actually knew the extent of your problem," says Humphreys, referring to last year's legislation that allotted money for addiction prevention and treatment. (motherjones.com)
  • The NBER analysis found states with medical marijuana laws saw as much as a 35 percent drop in substance abuse treatment admissions and a 31 percent reduction in opioid overdoses. (wkyufm.org)
  • Drug overdoses are a leading cause of injury death in the United States, resulting in approximately 52,000 deaths in 2015. (cdc.gov)
  • Cases were selected with an underlying cause of death based on the ICD-10 codes for drug overdoses (X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, and Y10-Y14). (cdc.gov)
  • Many families impacted by addiction come to us for information about how to encourage their loved one to use safety measures, such as test strips, to reduce their risk for overdose and death. (senate.gov)
  • Three years ago, drug overdose became the leading cause of death among the homeless. (gaycitynews.com)
  • The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) responded to 11 overdose calls alone on March 31, with three resulting in death, according to a statement by police. (dailycaller.com)
  • She told a Coroner during the inquest into his death today (28 May) that he had been taking a drug that he bought over the internet called Methoxetamine to provide pain relief since a below knee amputation of his right leg after a ladder collapsed from under him when he was at work in 2011. (irwinmitchell.com)
  • Drug overdose was the leading cause of injury death in 2012. (huffpost.com)
  • Drug overdose death rates have been rising steadily since 1992 with a 117 percent increase from 1999 to 2012 alone. (huffpost.com)
  • Over the decades more than 170 facilities have operated in other parts of the world, not a single overdose death has occurred in one of them, he noted. (ebar.com)
  • New York State officials are worried because overdose death rates increased by 85 percent. (wibx950.com)
  • As I said, all home nations have the same tools at their disposal, yet the drug death rate in Scotland is four times higher. (parliament.uk)
  • Theoretically, when a person overdoses, the drug that caused it shows up on a death certificate from the local medical examiner or coroner's office. (motherjones.com)
  • some simply list a death as an overdose from an "unspecified" drug. (motherjones.com)
  • WEST MICHIGAN - Officials across West Michigan are voicing their concern about the alarming increase of opiate overdoses recently. (fox17online.com)
  • Contrary to expectations, the risk for relapses, overdoses and deaths related to substance use disorder didn't increase after a large-scale prison release in New Jersey, according to a Rutgers study. (eurekalert.org)
  • Additionally, the increase in overdose deaths was worsened by the widespread availability of potent inexpensive methamphetamine. (ky.gov)
  • Introduction of and rapid increase in injecting drug use is believed to be responsible for dramatic increases in HIV infection in some areas. (medscape.com)
  • Breed, who is running for reelection in 2024, outlined the plan the same day that an heir to the Levi Strauss & Co. fortune launched his own mayoral bid, arguing that his incumbent opponent had let the drug and homelessness crises fester under her watch. (politico.com)
  • The widespread nature of the addiction problem may have helped the legislation get across the finish line in an otherwise deeply divided Congress, Portman said. (npr.org)
  • We thank Senators Booker and Welch for leading on this issue and supporting harm reduction approaches that are demonstrated effective and cost-saving rather than scheduling and criminalization, which are racially unjust and lack any evidence base or cost control," said Mary Sylla, JD, MPH, Director of Overdose Prevention Policy & Strategy . (senate.gov)
  • However, several states still criminalize test strips as drug paraphernalia, thereby limiting their access. (senate.gov)
  • Additionally, only a few states have been able to keep up with the emergence of new drugs and decriminalize test strips for these substances. (senate.gov)
  • However, in many parts of this country, test strips are classified as drug paraphernalia which limits access to this important tool. (senate.gov)
  • Although there is no law which specifically bans such services, offences such as drug possession would be committed within them. (idpc.net)
  • Possession of even a small amount of drugs can land someone in jail, and saddle them with a lifelong criminal record that prevents them from getting a job, public benefits, or a place to live. (drugpolicy.org)
  • The bill also provided protections for minors suffering from an alcohol-related overdose, addressing an issue common to colleges and universities throughout the country. (rvanews.com)