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Crisis Center of Tampa Bay's new paramedicine program will support opioid recovery
The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay launched a free weeklong program that medically assists overdose patients while they detox and ...
'A problem that's becoming harder and harder to treat': OFD medics giving higher doses of Narcan for overdoses
The Omaha Fire Department says lately, their medics are having to administer higher doses of the medicine because of how ...
How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade − and what may be behind a recent downturn
After nearly a decade of annual upticks in overdose deaths, the city saw a drop in 2023, the latest data available. Something ...
I'm an addiction doctor, and I can't get lifesaving meds for many of my patients
Opioid overdoses kill each day. But it's easier to access fentanyl in Arizona than the medications that can help keep people ...
Washington state is giving people gift cards to help get them off drugs
When William Lester Jr. decided to get into a 12-week program to tackle his drug use, he says he weighed just 68 pounds. The ...
Drugs in McLeod County
Is there a drug problem here?” Ask the question in many rural communities and you may hear that drugs are a problem in bigger cities, or that the local problem is bigger than other places. The ...
Fatal overdoses in Frederick County, state overall fell in 2024
The number of overdose deaths in County dropped from 48 in 2023 to 33 in 2024 — a decrease of about 31% — reflecting an ...