• State health officials have worked to ensure widespread distribution of naloxone, the overdose-reversing drug often referred to by the brand name Narcan. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Because xylazine is not an opioid, its effects cannot be reversed with the use of naloxone (Narcan). (texas.gov)
  • Behind the branch, street-level dealers sold various drugs to dozens of people injecting in the alley or walking into the nearby tent to use the drugs under the supervision of volunteers trained in administering naloxone, which is sold under the brand name Narcan. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • That someone who administered life-saving antidote was a nearby volunteer and street cleaner carrying Narcan. (ksmu.org)
  • San Francisco Department of Public Health nurses with the Street Overdose Response Team hand out Narcan as part of a broader effort to contact and help those who have recently overdosed. (ksmu.org)
  • Bodycam footage shows one of the deputies rushing inside the home and opening a package containing Narcan, a common brand of naloxone opioid overdose treatment. (fox8.com)
  • Over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray, or Narcan, will hit drugstore shelves next week. (blogspot.com)
  • Narcan is already a staple for emergency personnel and street outreach teams. (blogspot.com)
  • Now scientists and health officials hope Narcan will eventually become commonplace in public libraries, subways, dorms, corner delis and street vending machines. (blogspot.com)
  • Several manufacturers of generic naloxone that's made similarly to Narcan will now be required to file applications to switch their drugs over the counter as part of a requirement by the FDA. (khon2.com)
  • Last month, Kaine introduced the bipartisan Opioid Overdose Reduction Act to protect first responders, health professionals and family members who are educated in administering an opioid overdose prevention drug, such as naloxone (also known as Narcan) in an emergency situation of overdose. (augustafreepress.com)
  • Naloxone-the main ingredient in Narcan-has been used by paramedics and emergency room doctors for decades to save lives, but a 2006 State law allows citizens to administer Narcan in an attempt to save a life, without fear of liability. (theislandnow.com)
  • Naloxone (Narcan) may be used to reverse the effects of narcotics, and flumazenil (Romazicon) may be used to reverse the effects of benzodiazepines. (medscape.com)
  • The Philadelphia facilities would offer a wide range of services, including referrals to treatment and social services, wound care, medically supervised drug consumption, and access to sterile injection equipment and the opioid overdose antidote naloxone, according to a news release. (ncadd.us)
  • Lead author Peter Davidson of the University of California, San Diego told Reuters no one has ever overdosed in a supervised injection facility, where staff members are equipped with the opioid overdose antidote naloxone. (ncadd.us)
  • She said 24 people were treated, including with the overdose antidote naloxone. (gopillinois.com)
  • Officials say the drop could be attributable to widespread use of naloxone, an overdose antidote drug credited with saving thousands of lives in Ohio and nationally. (urbanacitizen.com)
  • To address the overdose death issue, we have been working to increase access to naloxone [antidote for heroin overdoses] for first responders and individuals close to those with opioid drug disorders," said Michael Botticelli, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy told the committee. (rt.com)
  • In all, Nassau officials have trained more than 9,100 civilians to administer the overdose antidote, since becoming state certified in September 2012. (theislandnow.com)
  • Naloxone, a safe and effective opioid overdose reversal agent, is one of many essential tools in preventing overdose deaths, but only if it is put into the right hands. (rstreet.org)
  • Prioritize harm reduction methods like naloxone and fentanyl test strips distribution, overdose reversal training, and wound care. (whyy.org)
  • In October, the number jumped to 67 - an increase that worried health officials, who had thought that increasing the supply and training for administering the overdose reversal drug naloxone was making a difference. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • Overdose reversal drugs like naloxone won't halt its effects. (axios.com)
  • Unlike overdose reversal medication, it's illegal in Texas to carry or exchange drug-using supplies like used syringes and pipes, as well as fentanyl testing strips. (texastribune.org)
  • The kits contain pamphlets, fentanyl test strips, canvas pouches, syringes, breathing masks, gloves and the overdose reversal medication naloxone in two forms - intramuscular and nasal spray. (texastribune.org)
  • Some wanted bags with toiletries or condoms, but others took kits that help them safely use drugs or naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medicine. (kffhealthnews.org)
  • Gilbert Shepherd, an outreach worker for the harm reduction group Punto de Partida in El Paso, Texas, helps keep drug users alive by handing out naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medicine. (kffhealthnews.org)
  • The data, described as preliminary, show that deaths continue to decline despite the growing presence of illicit fentanyl in the drug supply. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Law enforcement has identified xylazine in the illegal fentanyl supply in West Texas, and it has been combined with other opioids, benzodiazepines like Xanax, and recreational drugs, leading to at least four reported xylazine-related deaths. (texas.gov)
  • Drug overdose deaths increased for the fourth year in a row, according to a new city report, including a 20% jump among Black residents. (whyy.org)
  • Xylazine, an anesthetic medication for animals and known as " tranq " when combined with opioid drugs, was found in 34% of all Philadelphia overdose deaths last year. (whyy.org)
  • The California Department of Public Health has issued a drug overdose alert concerning deaths related to a fentanyl-contaminated tablet that looks remarkably similar to Norco. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Officials in the County of Sacramento have reported 48 overdoses and 10 deaths related to this illicit street drug. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • In order to gather more information and help prevent further deaths from this deadly street drug, California officials have prepared the following guidelines for health care facilities to follow in order to help officials track the magnitude of this crisis. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • In an attempt to turn back the rising tide of overdose deaths - 128 in B.C. last month - health authorities have flooded the DTES with naloxone kits. (theglobeandmail.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)
  • A new study of every county in the United States finds deaths due to drug use increased more than 600 percent between 1980 and 2014. (ncadd.us)
  • Almost 550,000 deaths were attributed to drug use over the study's 35 years. (ncadd.us)
  • The review estimated that one site in Philadelphia could prevent up to 76 deaths from drug overdose each year. (ncadd.us)
  • A new government study suggests some opioid-related deaths may not be counted when people die from pneumonia or other infectious diseases that are worsened by drug use. (ncadd.us)
  • The deaths appeared to have low blood concentrations of the drug. (newsweek.com)
  • As overdose deaths spike, provincial health officials say more overdose prevention sites will soon open across the province. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • The number of overdose deaths related to illicit drugs in British Columbia leapt to 755 by the end of November, a more than 70-per-cent jump over the number of fatalities recorded during the same time period last year. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • In November, drug overdoses caused 128 deaths - 61 more than the previous month, and nearly double the October total. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • Montgomery County officials reported an increase in the number of overdose deaths in recent weeks. (daytondailynews.com)
  • CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A newspaper reports that drug overdose deaths decreased in one Ohio county last year, contrary to the overall trend in the state. (urbanacitizen.com)
  • Faced with a stunning rise in drug overdose deaths the last few years, the vast majority tied to fentanyl, San Francisco has launched mobile teams made up of paramedics and nurses. (ksmu.org)
  • She concedes they aren't sure what combination of tools, ultimately, will work best here to not only reduce fentanyl and other drug-related deaths but also boost treatment success rates. (ksmu.org)
  • For many years San Francisco has championed a harm reduction public health approach to lowering drug deaths and injury. (ksmu.org)
  • Drug deaths now outnumber deaths from gunshot wounds (over 33,600) and motor vehicle crashes (over 32,700) in the United States, according to the CDC. (rt.com)
  • The Obama administration, recognizing the public health implications of heroin addiction and overdose deaths, has brought increased attention to the problem and been pursuing a federal response to the epidemic by supporting education about drug use and addressing addiction problems. (rt.com)
  • MANN: The rapid rise of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. began in the early months of the pandemic. (wunc.org)
  • Making naloxone available more widely is seen as a key strategy to control the nationwide overdose crisis, which has been linked to more than 100,000 U.S. deaths a year. (khon2.com)
  • The majority of those deaths are tied to opioids, primarily potent synthetic versions such as fentanyl that can take multiple doses of naloxone to reverse. (khon2.com)
  • Prescription opioid abuse has become an epidemic in this country, and the dramatic growth in overdose deaths demonstrates just how dangerous these drugs are," said Kaine . (augustafreepress.com)
  • In the wake of seven overdose deaths on Vancouver Island in a week and four in less than 72 hours, the health authority has this afternoon issued an urgent message to drug consumers: Avoid using alone. (saanichnews.com)
  • While vulnerable, street-entrenched individuals are still very high risk for overdoses, we are finding that recent overdose deaths involve individuals who are in housing, whether that be a private residence or publicly-funded housing facilities, including shelters," Stanwick said. (saanichnews.com)
  • Alaska state health officials, horrified by a surge of overdose deaths, have started giving out free test strips. (physiciansweekly.com)
  • Many public health and addiction experts, though, promote the rapid testing devices as what's known as a "harm reduction" tactic to help prevent overdose deaths from illicit drugs that users may not know are laced with fentanyl. (physiciansweekly.com)
  • The spread of fentanyl has helped lead to a stunning rise in drug overdose deaths. (physiciansweekly.com)
  • Synthetic opioids - including fentanyl - were involved in about two-thirds of U.S. drug overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended in November 2021. (physiciansweekly.com)
  • The University of Texas project, known as TxCOPE, is one attempt to solve a problem exasperating officials nationwide who are trying to lower the record number of drug deaths: getting an instant, accurate picture of both nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses. (kffhealthnews.org)
  • Plus, fatal overdose data is often published weeks or months later, once an official medical examiner's report or toxicology results show what substances caused the deaths. (kffhealthnews.org)
  • In Pennsylvania, few took notice to the silent epidemic before deaths from prescription drug abuse started making the front pages of newspapers across the state. (sciencedaily.com)
  • According to a DEA Intelligence Report, York County had 118 drug-related overdose deaths in 2014, nearly double any neighboring county. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Illicit drugs like heroin and marijuana are most often present in drug-related overdose deaths, but opioids are part of the picture 33 percent of the time. (sciencedaily.com)
  • According to York County Coroner Pam Gay, 2015 is likely to be similar to 2014 with its end of year statistics of 65 heroin-related deaths out of 95 drug deaths overall (with a few still pending). (sciencedaily.com)
  • But Gay points out repeatedly that without Law Enforcement administering Naloxone in York County in 2015 (from April to December 2015), and the subsequent 99 saves that resulted, there would likely have been dozens more heroin-related deaths in York County in 2015. (sciencedaily.com)
  • According to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in 2013 the number of Unintentional Drug Poisoning Deaths was 788, last year 2016 that number has increased to 1374 and the number for 2017 don't reflect a slowdown either. (fordhamobserver.com)
  • Fentanyl is normally prescribed to treat severe pain but as of late is mixed with the heroin on the street without user knowledge and the results have been a spike in deaths. (fordhamobserver.com)
  • The same politicians will admit America has an opioid "epidemic" (half of all drug deaths are from legal opioids) and still treat drug use as a law-enforcement, rather than a health, crisis. (atlanticsentinel.com)
  • According the Region of Waterloo Public Health and Paramedic Services, there have been 544 opioid overdose and drug poisoning-related calls in Waterloo region this year, with a suspected 29 opioid-related deaths. (ctvnews.ca)
  • WATCH: B.C. health officials warn overdose deaths on track to be a lot worse than last year as drug danger grows. (cheknews.ca)
  • Mamer's boyfriend died from a fentanyl-related drug overdose last year ?the worst year on record in British Columbia with 935 drug-overdose deaths. (cheknews.ca)
  • There have been 488 fatalities in just the first four months of the year, including 84 illicit drug overdose deaths on Vancouver Island. (cheknews.ca)
  • Grey County has averaged 50 drug overdoses the past two years, but in the first three months of 2019, Grey County EMS have been called to 27 drug overdoses, including two deaths in Hanover. (ctvnews.ca)
  • In 2016, 115 Americans died every day from an opioid overdose - that is more than 42,000 drug overdose deaths that involved an opioid including prescription opioids, heroin, and/or illicitly manufactured fentanyl. (cdc.gov)
  • BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Fentanyl is involved in most US drug overdose deaths and its use can complicate opioid withdrawal management. (bvsalud.org)
  • Today, the White House also called on state governments to cut red tape that prevents distribution of naloxone. (wunc.org)
  • The FDA recently approved a newer auto-injector version of naloxone designed for use by family members and caregivers. (rt.com)
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. (khon2.com)
  • The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued a health advisory notifying health care providers of reports that an animal tranquilizer called xylazine has been found mixed with illegal drugs distributed in Texas. (texas.gov)
  • Xylazine produces a strong sedative effect and can prolong the high of opioids and other drugs. (texas.gov)
  • Law enforcement reports drug combinations with xylazine may be sold on the street under names like "Tranq," "sleep cut," or "Philly drug" or may be sold without the end user's knowledge. (texas.gov)
  • Rebecca Guthrie, 35, and Fatimah Guthrie, 30, both are facing felony charges after they provided a mixed drug which included fentanyl and xylazine to a man who then overdosed on it, according to a report from the Brookville Police Department. (wtaj.com)
  • And they've now seen cases where the naloxone-resistant drug Xylazine is also mixed in. (daytondailynews.com)
  • Xylazine, known on the streets as 'tranq,' can be lethal, when mixed with heroin or fentanyl, and causes nasty wounds and sores that can result in amputations. (axios.com)
  • Typically used for large animals, such as horses, xylazine is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for human consumption. (axios.com)
  • First detected on the city streets about a decade ago, xylazine went dormant for years before making a vicious comeback, health officials said. (axios.com)
  • Kensington, the epicenter of the city's opioid crisis, is considered the hub of the xylazine boom, health officials said. (axios.com)
  • Local drug traffickers use xylazine as a cutting agent to extend supplies of heroin and fentanyl, inspector Jamill Taylor, of the Philadelphia police narcotics unit, told Axios. (axios.com)
  • Manufactured illegally and mixed with various street drugs, fentanyl is many times more powerful than heroin and more likely to lead to overdoses. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Users add tropicamide to intravenous drugs to amplify the effect of the low-grade heroin they're using. (mapinc.org)
  • Philadelphia was once known for having the 'purest heroin in the nation,' city health officials say, but now the city's opioid supply has been overtaken by an animal tranquilizer linked to thousands of drug overdoses across the nation. (axios.com)
  • Riley said there are more than 600,000 heroin users in the US today, and agency officials say the figure is likely to be undercounted, as it is based on a household survey and wouldn't account for all heroin users among homeless populations. (rt.com)
  • The sheer volume of heroin that is coming into the country and the number of people turning to it has been driving the levels of drug abuse up, according to analysts. (rt.com)
  • The biggest gateway to heroin is an addiction to prescription drugs. (rt.com)
  • As far as distributing the heroin, that would be [evident by] the gun battles that are happening on our city streets and in neighborhoods that expose innocent people to the gunfire. (rt.com)
  • Illicit drug manufacturers and distributors discovered Fentanyl offers a very effective replacement filler or supplement to street-level drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. (fox8.com)
  • the synthetic drug fentanyl, and the illegal drug heroin. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • It can reverse overdoses of opioids, including street drugs such as heroin and fentanyl and prescription versions including oxycodone. (khon2.com)
  • For some the topic of drugs is a hard conversation to take on but in order to save lives this conversation must be discussed especially in the mist of this Opioid/Heroin epidemic. (fordhamobserver.com)
  • Health officials, confronted with a shocking increase in heroin abuse, are developing a clearer picture of who is becoming addicted to this drug and why. (kcur.org)
  • And 96 percent of heroin users said they'd used other drugs within the past year. (kcur.org)
  • To a considerable extent, Frieden says the heroin "crisis" is growing out of prescription drug abuse, especially opioid painkiller use. (kcur.org)
  • These drugs and heroin have essentially the same active ingredient. (kcur.org)
  • Frieden estimates that heroin is available on the street at one-fifth the cost of prescription pain pills. (kcur.org)
  • This problem calls for a comprehensive response - one that recognizes the changing demographics of heroin use, says the CDC report, which is co-authored by Christopher Jones at the Food and Drug Administration along with colleagues from the CDC. (kcur.org)
  • Cracking down on smuggling and street sales of heroin, to drive up the price and discourage abuse. (kcur.org)
  • Increasing the use of naloxone, a drug that can be injected into someone with a heroin overdose to reduce the risk of death. (kcur.org)
  • [2] NPF is sold via illicit drug markets for its heroin-like effect and often mixed with heroin and/or cocaine as a combination product-with or without the user's knowledge-to increase its euphoric effects. (cdc.gov)
  • That's the brand name for naloxone, the emergency nasal spray drug used to try to reverse an otherwise potentially fatal overdose. (ksmu.org)
  • The approved nasal spray from Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions is the best-known form of naloxone. (khon2.com)
  • The street drug killed 213 people in the first 9 months of 2015, and is projected to have increased use in 2016. (wikipedia.org)
  • In mid-February 2016, Modern Healthcare took a closer look at the root of the problem and traces it back to 1996 when Purdue Pharma began promoting a new drug to fight pain -- OxyContin. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS), which systematically collects drug identification results from drug cases submitted for analysis to forensic laboratories (referred to as drug submissions), estimated that drug submissions testing positive for fentanyl more than doubled from 2015 to 2016, rising from 14,440 to 34,119. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2016, states reporting the highest number of fentanyl drug submissions remained concentrated in the East and Midwest, with all being located east of the Mississippi River, or bordering the Mississippi River. (cdc.gov)
  • Carfentanil drug submissions reported to NFLIS rapidly increased from an estimated 1,251 in 2016 to 2,268 during the first six months of 2017 (see table below) [2, 3]. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2016, a total of 11 states reported carfentanil drug submissions, including Ohio with more than 900 reports and Florida with more than 100 reports. (cdc.gov)
  • Finally, drug submissions testing positive for a synthetic illicit opioid known as U-47700, first encountered by the DEA in 2016, increased from 533 submissions in 2016 to 1,087 during January-June, 2017 [1,2]. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2022, more than 100,000 people died of a drug overdose-a crisis that was largely driven by highly potent synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. (rstreet.org)
  • To maximize its life-saving potential, experts argue, the medication must reach the people for whom it will have the biggest impact: individuals who are at risk of experiencing an overdose-including people who take high-dose prescription opioids and those who use drugs purchased on the illicit market-as well as their friends and family. (rstreet.org)
  • However, because of the prevalence of fentanyl and other opioids, DSHS recommends clinicians continue to treat suspected drug overdoses with naloxone. (texas.gov)
  • Officials said a "growing threat" of drugs containing a combination of opioids and stimulants is behind more deadly overdoses. (whyy.org)
  • Some staff are booking sick days or going on leave after months of providing naloxone treatment to people who have been overdosing on synthetic opioids known as fentanyl and carfentanil. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Some are injecting the drug unwittingly, while others seek out the sedative to lengthen the high of traditional opioids, city health officials told Axios. (axios.com)
  • Opioids illicitly sold on the street are some of the most popular drugs on the black market today. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • And, in fact, there was no reason to believe opioids would create such a problem particularly when Purdue Pharma launched a campaign in 1996 informing patients and doctors that a new, safe drug was available to combat pain. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The White House also asked states to relax rules that complicate access to Naloxone, a medication that can reverse overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids. (ctpublic.org)
  • Although HIV incidence among people who inject drugs declined substantial y over many years, the ongoing misuse of opioids and other frequently injected substances are threatening this HIV prevention success. (cdc.gov)
  • Even before the FDA's action, pharmacies could sell naloxone without a prescription because officials in every state have allowed it. (khon2.com)
  • Yet only 29 states allow pharmacists to sell naloxone to patients who are at risk of an opioid-related overdose, or a caretaker. (atlanticsentinel.com)
  • First responders throughout the county carry naloxone. (bostonglobe.com)
  • If you know anyone who uses illegal drugs, please share this information with them and carry naloxone," said Dr. Kent Harshbarger, the Montgomery County coroner. (daytondailynews.com)
  • Many first responders throughout the state carry it, and anyone can buy naloxone from pharmacies without a prescription. (bostonglobe.com)
  • The drug has been distributed to police and other first responders nationwide. (khon2.com)
  • Officials say naloxone kits first responders carry are saving hundreds of lives and supervised injection sites, which saw no fatalities, are helping addicts. (cheknews.ca)
  • In August, 50 people died of drug overdoses in British Columbia. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . (kffhealthnews.org)
  • The county has been under pressure to do something after two young women died of drug overdoses during the HARD Summer music festival last year. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • For example, a growing proportion of the general public now carry doses with them, and the drug is increasingly showing up beside defibrillators and EpiPens as part of emergency response kits in public spaces like schools, bars and gas stations. (rstreet.org)
  • however, the CDPH has received reports that it may take repeated doses of naloxone over several hours to adequately treat fentanyl overdose, likely because of fentanyl's long half-life. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Authorities administered three doses of naloxone to both teens while administering CPR. (fox8.com)
  • While NPF-related overdoses can be reversed with naloxone, a higher dose or multiple number of doses per overdose event may be required to revive a patient due to the high potency of NPF. (cdc.gov)
  • MANN: The Biden administration has embraced some strategies once seen as controversial, including making clean needles more widely available to drug users - also, test strips that help users identify drugs laced with fentanyl. (wunc.org)
  • We hope all the states would come to realize the dangers of contamination are so high and that fentanyl test strips empower a person taking drugs to know whether they have fentanyl," said Dr. Nora Volkow , director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health. (physiciansweekly.com)
  • A downside is that the test strips don't gauge the amount of fentanyl in the drug. (physiciansweekly.com)
  • Health officials are warning them to make sure someone sober, preferably with a naloxone kit, and ready to call 911 is with them. (cheknews.ca)
  • Jessica Hannon, executive director of Megaphone, a monthly magazine sold by homeless residents of Victoria and Vancouver, said she was donating her office's lone naloxone kit to the unsanctioned supervised-consumption site at the back of the DTES street market. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • The N-pyrrolidino Etonitazene drug is a high-potency synthetic opioid that is between 1,000 and 1,500 times stronger than morphine, while fentanyl is only around 100 times stronger than morphine, local news station KKCO reported on Thursday. (newsweek.com)
  • We're quite fearful that the drug supply is increasingly toxic, it's increasingly unpredictable, and it's very, very difficult to manage," said Lisa Lapointe, B.C.'s chief coroner, referring to the increasing prevalence of the synthetic opioid fentanyl being added to many illicit drugs. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • 4This category includes illegally resold prescription drugs, hallucinogens like LSD, synthetic drugs. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • MANN: Mexican drug cartels have shifted much of their criminal activity to these synthetic drugs, which are cheaper to manufacture and easier to smuggle. (wunc.org)
  • The language called for legalizing the use of strips that test drugs for fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid fueling a wave of fatal overdoses across Georgia and the U.S. (physiciansweekly.com)
  • Illicitly manufactured synthetic opioid Fentanyl is one of the major reasons for the spikes in overdoses, it is 50-100 times stronger than Morphine and has got the attention of our law enforcement and public officials. (fordhamobserver.com)
  • It's hard to say how widespread the prescription drug black market is, but Litchman said it likely exists well beyond the patients surveyed. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • People who inject drugs in a facility where staff members provide clean needles and guard against overdoses say they have reduced their use of public spaces for drug use, a new study finds. (ncadd.us)
  • People can go inside the sites to inject drugs, and are given first aid if they overdose. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • People can smoke or snort drugs at that site, not just inject. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • Lawmakers in California are debating whether to open sites where people can inject or snort illegal drugs under the watchful gaze of a health care worker. (klcc.org)
  • What are the best ways of engaging law enforcement agencies in harm reduction programs for people who inject drugs? (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Laws and policing practices that govern injection drug use influence the risk environment for people who inject drugs (5). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Certain groups of people who inject drugs may experience unequal targeting by police - these groups include youth, people of colour and Indigenous people (15-17). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • In 2011, about 17% of new HIV diagnoses were in people who inject drugs (1). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • According to Strathdee and colleagues (5), the legal environment affecting people who inject drugs can be separated into macro-, meso- and micro-legal environments. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • This review identifies the impacts of police and law enforcement activities on people who inject drugs, and summarizes ways to engage law enforcement in harm reduction approaches. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Increased police presence and arrests in proximity to needle exchange programs can interfere with sterile syringe access for people who inject drugs. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Since 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health departments across the United States have identified several HIV clusters and outbreaks occurring predominantly among people who inject drugs (PWID). (cdc.gov)
  • Long-term declining trends in HIV incidence among people who inject drugs have stal ed. (cdc.gov)
  • This HAN provides guidance for preventing, identifying, and responding to HIV among people who inject drugs. (cdc.gov)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic complicates the delivery of essential services, including services for people who inject drugs, potential y hindering further efforts to address the increase in HIV transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • Multiple recent clusters and outbreaks have contributed to new HIV infections among people who inject drugs. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC recently published a manuscript that synthesizes experiences and lessons learned from responses to six large HIV outbreaks among people who inject drugs.15 Although these outbreaks shared similarities, potential precipitating factors varied across outbreak settings. (cdc.gov)
  • Health departments can work with trusted community partners to effectively engage people who inject drugs with cultural y competent practices. (cdc.gov)
  • In the context of COVID-19, ongoing delivery of core clinical and public health services to address HIV and HCV among people who inject drugs is essential. (cdc.gov)
  • That encourages clients to distribute sterile injection equipment to their peers who inject drugs (also known as secondary exchange). (cdc.gov)
  • And in Maryland it was involved in 19% of all drug overdoses in 2021, and 10% in Connecticut the year before, the New York Post reported , citing the National Institute on Drug Abuse . (axios.com)
  • It's up from 1,800 in 2001, according to a report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. (kcur.org)
  • Overdoses] are driven both by fentanyl and also by methamphetamines," said Dr. Nora Volkov, who heads the National Institute On Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health. (ctpublic.org)
  • But underneath, she quietly took stock of a different kind of inventory - clean syringes to help prevent the spread of diseases among drug users. (texastribune.org)
  • Street-level policing activities can hinder injection drug users' access to sterile syringes (6-9), increase needle sharing (7;9-11), and increase rates of HIV and drug-related mortality (12-14). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Syringe services programs are proven and effective community-based prevention programs that can provide a range of services, including access to sterile syringes and injection equipment, disposal of used syringes, vaccination, testing, naloxone, and linkage to medical care, including treatment for HIV and substance use disorder. (cdc.gov)
  • Miles Jaworski, program manager at Savage Sisters Recovery, a non-profit organization that provides recovery housing, harm reduction services, and education about addiction, said too many city initiatives and plans are made without the direct involvement of those who work with people who use drugs every day. (whyy.org)
  • Yet what groups like the World Health Organisation see as the most effective treatment of intravenous drug addiction is illegal in Russia. (mapinc.org)
  • Instead of harm reduction programmes to improve the safety of drug addicts as a first step toward curing addiction, the official policy is one of rehabilitation in state-run institutions. (mapinc.org)
  • Nicholas (we're not using his last name because of the stigma of addiction) tells Fartash that when he started getting high in nearby U.N. Plaza park, he assumed he was smoking his drug of choice. (ksmu.org)
  • Drug addiction experts have told the ABC that there could be an increase of a black market for selling prescription drugs across Australia. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • Xavier Becerra, head of the Health and Human Services Department, said with the U.S. street drug supply so toxic, it's time to focus on harm reduction strategies designed to keep people with addiction alive. (wunc.org)
  • Today, Gupta said the White House won't take a position on safe drug use sites proposed in a half-dozen cities where people with addiction could use drugs under medical supervision. (wunc.org)
  • Dr. Utsha Khatri, an emergency room physician and addiction researcher at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, said today officials are still playing catch-up and should embrace all treatment strategies that might keep people alive. (wunc.org)
  • Every community is grappling with making sure that their residents that are struggling with drug addiction are being supported," Riches said. (ctvnews.ca)
  • I know a lot of people do use alone so it's not surprising to me at," Mikaela Mamer, a former drug user and addiction recovery advocate, said. (cheknews.ca)
  • There is a lot of shame and a lot of guilt associated with addiction and using drugs so for people to know they are not alone and that people are recovering, I think that would be a huge solution so people have the courage to reach out," Mamer said. (cheknews.ca)
  • Attendees learn the warning signs of drug addiction, new and effective treatment options, personal stories of recovery, and more. (theislandnow.com)
  • Public health experts consider the goal of community saturation-defined as having sufficient community-based naloxone kits to reverse 80 percent of witnessed overdoses-to be both desirable and attainable. (rstreet.org)
  • The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition is based out of Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Health Sciences. (gettingtotomorrow.ca)
  • Health officials have noted a significant upswing in overdose cases in the week after social-assistance cheques are delivered. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • In October, Vancouver Coastal Health submitted applications to Health Canada for two new supervised-injection sites in Vancouver, including one at the Powell Street Getaway. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • To our knowledge, this study is the first at the county level to consider drug use disorders and distinguish between intentional and unintentional overdoses," lead researcher Dr. Laura Dwyer-Lindgren of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation said in a news release. (ncadd.us)
  • With advance notice from the coroner that November numbers would be much higher, provincial health officials announced three weeks ago that several overdose prevention sites would open in Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • Health officials have insisted the sites are temporary and are not supervised injection sites, which are currently difficult to open because of a strict Conservative-era law that current federal health minister Jane Philpott has promised to change. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • The drug was first detected in fewer than 2% of fatal overdoses between 2010 and 2015, but that number rose to about 31% in 2019, according to a report from Philadelphia Department of Public Health researchers. (axios.com)
  • The new Street Overdose Response Teams (SORT), a collaboration between the city's health and fire departments, aim to deliver a broad range of support and care directly following an overdose. (ksmu.org)
  • Reuters Health) - Diabetesmedications and blood-test supplies are sold, traded and donated on black markets because the black market prescription drugs. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • Another study found that receiving treatment for mental health problems and the use of marijuana and other illegal drugs were correlated among adolescents with. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • Pandemic-era relaxations to rules on prescribing drugs allowed mental health startups to reach more people, boosting their online. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • Public health experts say it's driven in part by disruption of drug treatment and health care programs. (wunc.org)
  • The proposal - which would allow addicts to take their own drugs in a clean and safe environment under the supervision of health professionals - had been discussed for years, but can now be piloted after Scotland's most senior law officer confirmed users would not be prosecuted. (wrongplanet.net)
  • Kaine also recently joined 17 Senate colleagues in writing a letter to Senate appropriators urging increased funding for critical prescription drug abuse prevention, treatment and research programs at the Department of Health and Human Services. (augustafreepress.com)
  • Collaborative efforts among public health, medical, and law enforcement officials are essential for a rapid and effective response. (cdc.gov)
  • The two cases of drug intoxication were reported to a Contra Costa County Health Department public health official who subsequently notified the California State Health Department. (cdc.gov)
  • Three days earlier, the Sacramento County Division of Public Health had released a Drug Overdose Health Alert regarding multiple poisoning overdoses related to ingestion of fentanyl-contaminated counterfeit Norco in Sacramento County ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • With social service cheques arriving in time for a weekend wave of getting high, health officials are on high alert. (saanichnews.com)
  • Community groups are now using TxCOPE's data dashboards and heat maps to see where overdoses are spiking and then target those hot spots with prevention efforts such as naloxone training and supplies, said Christopher Bailey, project coordinator at Project Vida, a health center in El Paso. (kffhealthnews.org)
  • Today, it's a well-known fact that prescription drug abuse is a public health crisis across the country. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Those stark facts define the challenge that health officials face. (kcur.org)
  • Health care workers equipped with "crash carts" stocked with naloxone and other life-saving tools stand by to prevent fatal overdoses. (klcc.org)
  • It was important enough for public health and paramedic services and all our partners on the drug strategy to get the alert out there because we wanted residents to be aware of the concern and to do things to protect themselves," said Riches. (ctvnews.ca)
  • A University of Waterloo professor in the School of Public Health Sciences doesn't believe the recent rise in cases qualifies as a drug crisis in the region but says the spike could foreshadow more difficult days ahead for those relying on unregulated drug supply. (ctvnews.ca)
  • In an interview last month with NPR , Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra initially signaled that the federal government would drop opposition to safe drug injection and consumption sites. (ctpublic.org)
  • Public Health Officials in Guateng province estimate that the R worth - a key measure used to gauge how briskly a wave is rising - could be as excessive as 3.5. (psp-spp.com)
  • In response to the sudden spike in overdoses, the Grey-Bruce Health Unit distributed more than 40 naloxone kits to 'at risk' users/areas in the county. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Grey County has a system in place so that paramedics automatically advise health unit officials about drug overdoses, so tracking is better than in much of the province and they can respond more quickly to an increase. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Naloxone kits can be picked up at the health unit and local pharmacies, more details are available through the health unit . (ctvnews.ca)
  • A 2012 study (8) exploring the spatial overlap of drug-related arrests and access to needle exchange programs over time in New York City health districts found that districts with better access to needle exchange programs had higher rates of arrest. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Philadelphia officials are encouraging organizations to open facilities where staff members provide clean needles and guard against overdoses. (ncadd.us)
  • Hepatitis C is an infectious disease discovered in 1989 that spreads through blood-to-blood contact and can be transmitted when people share needles or other injection drug supplies. (thelundreport.org)
  • Thomas says there's a pretty straightforward way to stop the spread of hepatitis C : educate people who are using injection drugs about the risk, and make sure they have access to clean needles. (thelundreport.org)
  • To steer clear of criminal charges, Texans who use drugs will often avoid getting sterile supplies and reuse the pipes and needles they have. (texastribune.org)
  • Sure, it costs money to staff it with Nurses and to stock supplies of needles/naloxone etc, but it definitely saves lives And it reduces disease transmission and hospital visits which saves more money to taxpayers than it costs to operate the safe injection site. (wrongplanet.net)
  • Law enforcement activities targeting possession of needles among people who use drugs is associated with risky injecting behaviour including syringe sharing. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Social-aid workers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say the drug-overdose crisis that is sweeping through the community is taking a heavy psychological toll on them. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • San Francisco is in the midst of a drug overdose crisis. (ebar.com)
  • Prescription drug abuse is at a crisis level in Pennsylvania. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In this story, the history of the crisis and the long political path the Commonwealth took to build a prescription drug monitoring system for physician use is examined. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The reasons behind the HIV epidemic are twofold: intravenous drug use and unsafe sex. (mapinc.org)
  • It emerged in the 1980s out of the AIDS epidemic and facilitated early intervention among drug users. (texastribune.org)
  • Simply put, current national data systems have not kept up with the scale of the overdose epidemic," wrote Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, in a call for action published June 30 in JAMA . (kffhealthnews.org)
  • While other regions of Canada are coping with an opioid epidemic, crystal meth has become the drug of choice in Manitoba. (reddeerexpress.com)
  • Brown wanted a requirement that people undergo drug treatment. (ebar.com)
  • and help people who use drugs get into treatment. (ncadd.us)
  • The city, known for its relative tolerance of illicit drug use, was a pioneer of clean syringe access, distribution of life-saving naloxone kits, as well as boosting access to the treatment drugs methadone and buprenorphine. (ksmu.org)
  • It can help prevent overdoses, minimize the spread of disease and put drug users in a better position to seek out treatment. (texastribune.org)
  • Rather than prevent drug use, harm reduction policies ensure people who use drugs stay alive and as healthy as possible until they are ready for treatment. (texastribune.org)
  • MANN: The Biden administration has also asked Congress for more than $10 billion to fund drug treatment and research programs. (wunc.org)
  • Providing treatment to individuals who are addicted to these drugs. (kcur.org)
  • Officials are hoping to remind those in need the Consumption and Treatment Services site at 150 Duke St. West is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Experts blame the continuing surge on the spread of more dangerous street drugs and on disruptions to drug treatment programs caused by the pandemic. (ctpublic.org)
  • The Biden administration is calling on Congress to approve more than $10 billion in funding for drug treatment and interdiction programs. (ctpublic.org)
  • Consideration should be given to official guidelines for treatment of HIV-1 infection (e.g. those by WHO). (who.int)
  • Additionally, since 2007, the state's Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution program has been providing naloxone training and kits to people at high risk of experiencing or witnessing overdoses, engaging drug users themselves in saving lives. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Since the program's inception, bystanders used naloxone to reverse an overdose some 16,000 times, and 89 percent of those performing the rescues were people who use drugs. (bostonglobe.com)
  • More people than ever before are dying from drug overdoses in Philadelphia, including in Black and brown communities. (whyy.org)
  • Before dawn Wednesday, more than 100 people had lined up to cash their assistance checks at Pigeon Park Savings, a credit union with a single branch on the unit block of East Hastings Street funded by Vancity and run by staff with the non-profit Portland Hotel Society. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Imagine you're on an eight-hour shift - you're working at a homeless shelter, you want to house people, you want to feed people, you want to see people get happier, healthier and get opportunities to get off the street - and here you are injecting someone," Mr. Williams said. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • On Monday, the BC Coroners Service said 755 people have died of illicit-drug overdoses from Jan. 1 to Nov. 30 - a 70-per-cent increase over the same period last year. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Opponents say they sanction an illegal activity, and make it easier for people to use drugs, The Wall Street Journal reports. (ncadd.us)
  • A team of police officers called The Odd Squad worked the area and did everything they could to help these people - producing a great video called 'Through the Blue Lens' - we took this video into schools and it was the most powerful drug prevention message we had ever used. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • At the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users storefront further down East Hastings Street, Linda Bird confirmed the overdose prevention site located there has been busy, with around 60 people a day passing through. (drugprevent.org.uk)
  • Only one or two candies would get a user high, but some people were eating whole packages, officials said. (gopillinois.com)
  • Stanton, Tennessee, is showing the way as the town readies for "all the people the Ford plant auto-complex build will bring," reports Nora Eckert of T he Wall Street Journal . (blogspot.com)
  • Research has shown harm reduction is one of the most effective tools to help people who use drugs, and advocates say such programs are needed more than ever. (texastribune.org)
  • Harm reduction is a science-based practice that recognizes that people are sometimes unable or unwilling to immediately abstain from drug use. (texastribune.org)
  • Twelve People Arrested in Prescription Drug to Black Market Ring Distributed at least 2 million narcotic pills to the black market. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • Taking prescription drugs in a way that hasn't been recommended by a doctor can be more dangerous than people think. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • Advocates believe it's important to get naloxone to the people who are most likely to be around overdoses, including people who use drugs and their relatives. (khon2.com)
  • The drug is also distributed by community organizations that serve people who use drugs, though it's not easily accessible to everyone who needs it. (khon2.com)
  • A similar study of North Carolina intravenous drug users found 3 in 4 people indicated that fentanyl strips made them feel better able to protect themselves from overdose. (physiciansweekly.com)
  • Gilbert Shepherd, an outreach worker for Punto de Partida, a nonprofit that serves people who misuse drugs, gently questioned those who took the drug safety kits. (kffhealthnews.org)
  • But there is no national count of how many people survive drug overdoses. (kffhealthnews.org)
  • It's the same fallacy: if we make drug use less dangerous, more people will take drugs. (atlanticsentinel.com)
  • Instead of having people use drugs on the sidewalk when your kid is walking by, we want to give them a place where they can go inside," said state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, the sponsor of a bill to pilot facilities in Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. (klcc.org)
  • And then you have a second room where people can basically chill out after they have used drugs and be monitored. (klcc.org)
  • Yet, just last year, more than 10,000 people in California and more than 100,000 people nationwide died of an overdose on the streets, at parties or at home. (klcc.org)
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 people died of a drug overdose from April 2020 to April 2021. (ctpublic.org)
  • More than 100,000 people died over a 12-month period from fatal drug overdoses for the first time in U.S. history, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. (ctpublic.org)
  • But HHS officials quickly walked back that statement and say the question of whether people with substance use disorder should be allowed to use drugs under medical supervision will be decided by the courts. (ctpublic.org)
  • There's such a stigma that it's street people, that you can tell who an addict is, but you can't tell who an addict is. (cheknews.ca)
  • Alaska is one of only 10 states that still bar people with drug felonies from obtaining food stamps, and legislation to end the ban is progressing, but the latest version of the bill, Senate Bill 91 , would require drug felons getting food stamps to pass both scheduled and random drug tests. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • The drug is appealing because it's cheap, available, easy to make and it gets people high for significantly longer - it can last 14 hours while crack cocaine lasts only about 45 minutes. (reddeerexpress.com)
  • The deadly effects of the drugs can be reversed by naloxone. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Most of them took that as a deadly combination with other drugs - most often cocaine. (kcur.org)
  • Recreational drug customers are being warned of a cocaine provide circulating Sydney streets that's laced with doubtlessly deadly levels of opioid. (psp-spp.com)
  • But as of this month, a small room at the Powell Street Getaway is operating as an "Overdose Prevention Site" - one where injections are not technically supervised, but where help is close by. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Those two overdoses would be added to a new Texas database called Texans Connecting Overdose Prevention Efforts , which aims to improve drug overdose tracking across the nation's second-largest state. (kffhealthnews.org)
  • Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano and County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton will join with Port Washington Police and St. Francis Hospital to invite residents to attend a free Overdose Prevention Workshop on Nov. 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the hospital's DeMatteis Center, located at 101 Northern Blvd in Greenvale. (theislandnow.com)
  • Hoffman outlined the province's response to the drug, stating that increased quantities of naloxone would be available to counter-act the overdose effects of fentanyl. (wikipedia.org)
  • But a bigger factor appears to be the spread of powerful, toxic street drugs - fentanyl and methamphetamines. (wunc.org)
  • In recent years, Mexican drug cartels have pivoted to manufacturing and distributing fentanyl and methamphetamines, which are cheaper to produce and can be shipped in small quantities that are difficult to detect. (ctpublic.org)
  • The DEA and other experts see a connection between drug cartels and small street gangs in local towns like Chesapeake, Virginia. (rt.com)
  • THE number of raids on pharmacies nationwide has more than doubled since a black-market supply of prescription drugs was cut off. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • So, while dark markets france illegal drugs like cocaine, meth. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • It also can be mixed into cocaine , methamphetamine, and counterfeit street pills sold as opioid medications - substances that many buyers are not expecting to contain fentanyl. (physiciansweekly.com)
  • 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)
  • This statistic shows the awareness of black market and trafficking of pharmaceutical drugs in Italy in 2022. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • Using data from 2000 to 2022 for each drug, the study estimated the number of users. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • The nonprofit Harm Reduction Therapeutics Inc., which has funding from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, already has an application before the FDA to distribute its version of spray naloxone without a prescription. (khon2.com)
  • A naloxone spray kit. (ctvnews.ca)
  • The BC Centre for Disease Control has been running a take-home naloxone program - distributing 2,500 kits across the province each week - which are then distributed to drug users or their friends and family to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Naloxone is a medication that can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • That's a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses. (wunc.org)
  • These steps certainly represent positive progress in improving access to naloxone and reducing the risks associated with today's toxic illicit drug supply. (rstreet.org)
  • This is, in part, because reaching community saturation with naloxone will require a targeted expansion of access. (rstreet.org)
  • GUPTA: No one should die of an overdose simply because they didn't have access to naloxone. (wunc.org)
  • It's a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the exact impact will not be clear immediately. (khon2.com)
  • Indoor sites also reduce street-based drug use and improper syringe disposal, which is a problem in San Francisco. (ebar.com)
  • Without harm reduction tools, Dambra routinely contracted bacterial illnesses like cotton fever, which is derived from injection drug use and characterized by skin lesions, swelling and hives. (texastribune.org)
  • As a doctor who started my career taking care of patients with HIV and other complications from injection drugs, it's heartbreaking to see injection drug use making a comeback in the U.S.," says Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the CDC. (kcur.org)
  • Injection drug use is a major contributor to the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada (1-4). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • In Canada, injection drug use accounts for a large proportion of HIV and hepatitis C infections. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • According to modelling estimates, injection drug use accounts for 54% to 70% of hepatitis C infections across Canada (2). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • In Ontario, it is estimated that approximately 5% of injection drug users in Ontario are living with HIV (3), and that 36% of hepatitis C cases may be attributed to injection drug use (4). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Engaging police in harm reduction strategies may provide an opportunity to reduce the injection drug-associated harms while also reducing crime. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • But the paperwork required and strict schedule inhibits many drug users, and only 10-15% of patients at the city's substance abuse centre make it through the month of detox and on to the free rehabilitation programme. (mapinc.org)
  • The drug was found at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry along the U.S.-Mexico border in California. (newsweek.com)
  • As teen fentanyl overdoes continue soaring in California, officials are working to address the opioid threat, while remaining prepared for emergencies. (fox8.com)
  • First, at 560bn, the prescription drug market dwarfs other illicit drug markets many times over, offering hugely lucrative dark markets france opportunities. (alphabaydarknetlive.com)
  • Last month, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement officials warning of a nationwide spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events. (physiciansweekly.com)
  • In recent years, the FDA has not consistently utilized expert advisory committees for opioid drug approvals. (augustafreepress.com)
  • A bag of assorted pills and prescription drugs dropped off for disposal is displayed during the Drug Enforcement Administration's 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day earlier this year in Los Angeles. (ctpublic.org)
  • Proper disposal of unused drugs saves lives and protects the environment. (arlingtonva.us)
  • Nobody deserves to die just because they use drugs," said Campanella, harm reduction program director at Unity Recovery, a community organization that provides recovery support services in Philly. (whyy.org)
  • But state-run harm reduction programs don't exist in Texas, and the Legislature has previously batted down efforts to decriminalize the possession and distribution of supplies for drug use and drug testing. (texastribune.org)
  • They operate harm reduction programs across the state in the shadows, regularly giving away these supplies to drug users and risking hefty fines and incarceration. (texastribune.org)
  • Punto de Partida outreach workers Paulina Hijar and Gilbert Shepherd are two of the many harm reduction workers across Texas who are starting to collect data about drug overdoses as part of a new University of Texas project. (kffhealthnews.org)