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Dougherty County (GA) Coroner, EMS Director Note Downward Trend in Opioid Overdoses

After the number of drug overdose deaths spiked at nearly 40 in Dougherty County in 2021, the numbers have shown a gradual decline, and with one month left in 2024 the number of potential overdose deaths are at about half that number.
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Seattle Becomes First U.S. City Where EMTs Can Administer Buprenorphine

Seattle will become the first U.S. city where emergency medical technicians and firefighters in the field can use buprenorphine.
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CO’s Naloxone Fund Is Drying Up, Even as Opioid Settlement Money Rolls In

As of September, the Colorado fund had $8.6 million left.
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FILE - A container of Narcan, a brand name version of the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone, sits on a table following a demonstration at the Health and Human Services Humphrey Building on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Washington. The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell in 2023 — for only the second time since the current national epidemic of drug deaths began more than three decades ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the numbers on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Some in Philadelphia Say Police Are Using Narcan on People Who Aren’t Overdosing

Some say police have weaponized Narcan by administering it, or threatening to, on people who are not overdosing.
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Hot Days and Methamphetamine Are Now a Deadlier Mix

Meth is showing up more often as a factor in the deaths of people who died from heat-related causes in the U.S.
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Chicago Sees Steep Drop in Number of Deaths Tied to Opioid Overdoses

Increased community outreach, addiction treatment efforts and less available fentanyl all likely play a role in the drop.
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Old Newspaper Boxes are Being Used to Distribute Narcan

The containers have been proliferating across the country since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its sale without a prescription.
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Preliminary Data Shows National Drug Overdose Deaths See Significant Decline after Historical Peaks

From April 2023 to April 2024, national overdose deaths fell by roughly 10% compared to the same time period a year earlier.
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Infant Overdoses in NH after Ingesting Fentanyl, Police Say

Police are investigating after responding to a report of an overdose involving a 9-month-old baby who allegedly ingested fentanyl, officials said.
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Baltimore Firefighters Respond to Up to 6,000 Opioid Overdoses a Year, Fire Official Testifies

The Baltimore Fire Department says the opioid crisis has lead to longer response times.
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Detroit Launches Quick Response Team to Combat Opioid Overdoses

Detroit is launching a new, first-of-its-kind quick response team that will follow up with suspected opioid overdose survivors.
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EMS Personnel’s Perspectives on Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

Implementing a buprenorphine program may be limited both by attitudes and by knowledge of prehospital personnel.
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Here’s How CA Will Spend Its $4B in Opioid Settlement Money

07.21.2024
EMS OperationsNews

Plum (PA) EMS Launches Innovative Approach to Combating Opioid Crisis

07.13.2024
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A New Medical Countermeasure in the Treatment of Opioid Overdose

01.04.2024
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Lybalvi® Enters the World of Prehospital Medicine

07.11.2023
ExclusivesPatient Care

CVS, Walgreens Finalize $10B in Settlements over Opioids

12.13.2022
EMS OperationsNews

Consequences of Non-EMS Treatment of Opioid Overdose in the Out-of-Hospital Setting

06.16.2022
Emergency Medical CareExclusivesPatient Care

The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Effects on the Opioid Epidemic

06.09.2022
ExclusivesPatient Care

Four New Hospitalizations Linked to Fentanyl Just Days after FL Spring Breakers Overdosed

03.15.2022
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Be Wary of Dubious Fentanyl Overdose Claims

03.14.2022
Emergency Medical CareExclusivesPatient Care

Drug Victims Face Purdue Pharma Owners

03.10.2022
Admin/LeadershipLegal IssuesNews

Purdue Pharma, U.S. States Agree to $10B Opioid Settlement

03.04.2022
EMS OperationsNews

Cities Close to Getting $26B Opioid Settlement

12.15.2021
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