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WASHINGTON — Opioid deaths increased slightly in Erie County last year, part of a continuing nationwide trend that Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer hopes to stem by insisting on more federal funding to combat the epidemic in a spending bill that must be finalized by the end of next week.

Opioid deaths increased slightly in Erie County last year, part of a continuing nationwide trend that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hopes to stem by insisting on more federal funding to combat the epidemic in a spending bill that must be finalized by the end of next week.

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Deaths from the illicit and powerful opioid heroin increased more than sevenfold over that span, to nearly than 13,000.

The increased adoption is driven, of course, by the nation's deepening opioid epidemic — a scourge fueled by prescription pain pill abuse and cheap heroin that resulted in 24,200 overdose deaths in 2013, up 315 % from 1999.

As opioid - related deaths increase nationwide, Capital Region lawmakers and advocates said they fear proposed cuts to Medicaid would harm New York's most vulnerable.

The New York Democrat announced his support for the legislation Tuesday in Rochester, where he says there have been increases in crimes, overdoses and deaths from opioids and synthetic counterparts.

State senators are turning to police, doctors, and their constituents for proposed solutions to the increase in deaths from opioid overdoses.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and his administration believed that the county was going to see about a five percent increase in opioid deaths in 2017, based on first quarter numbers.

As things stand, Erie County is poised to end the year with 357 confirmed or suspected opioid - related deaths for 2016, a significant increase over the 256 deaths in 2015 and 128 in 2014.

According to county Legislator Ben Boykin, a White Plains Democrat and chairman of the Committee on Public Safety & Social Services, the looming cuts to the narcotics unit will pose an abundance of consequences to Westchester, which has seen opioid - related deaths increase by 60 percent this year over last year.

In light of a recent spike in suspected opioid - related deaths in Erie County, an Erie County legislator is proposing an increase in funding to make treatment services more accessible to those who seek help but can not afford it.

The report, «Drugs for Dollars: How Medicaid Helps Fuel the Opioid Epidemic,» highlighted how increased access to addictive painkilling drugs was a factor — though not the only factor — in the growing drug - related death toll.

And since 2014, fentanyl — an opioid that is 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine — has driven the dramatic increase in overdose deaths.

According to the state Health Department, Niagara County tallied 22 deaths from opioid overdoses in 2015 - an increase of one from the previous year - and six more deaths were reported in the first half of 2016, which is the most recent data available.

In 2016, 142 people died of drug abuse in the county, commonly due to drugs including fentanyl, heroin and other opioids, an increase of 64 deaths compared to 2015.

The effort comes as a way to stem the tide of rising costs for government and public safety from a growing drug epidemic in Westchester County, which has seen opioid - related deaths increase by 60 percent in the last year, according to county Legislator Ben Boykin, a White Plains Democrat.

Opioid related deaths contributed to the first increase in the death rate in the United States in more than two decades — an uptick last seen at the height of the HIV / AIDs epidemic in 1993 — and factored into a year - over-year decline in the nation's life expectancy rate in 2015, according to an expert addressing a congressional briefing and a related presentation on the opioid epidemic at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's headquarters on MOpioid related deaths contributed to the first increase in the death rate in the United States in more than two decades — an uptick last seen at the height of the HIV / AIDs epidemic in 1993 — and factored into a year - over-year decline in the nation's life expectancy rate in 2015, according to an expert addressing a congressional briefing and a related presentation on the opioid epidemic at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's headquarters on Mopioid epidemic at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's headquarters on May 10.

Stephen Waldron / AAAS Opioid related deaths contributed to the first increase in the death rate in...

It was not long before data showed dramatic increases in the use prescription opioid medicines by teenagers, Volkow said, and set off alarm bells that «we had a problem with prescription medicines,» a 2003 discovery that was later underscored by a steep increase in overdose deaths among all users.

«The U.S. has experienced a 400 percent increase in overdoses due to prescription opioid pain relievers among women of reproductive age between 1999 and 2010, and those deaths are concentrated among white women in rural areas, and those with lower socioeconomic status,» said Jarlenski.

The National Institute of Drug Abuse has found that increasing access to medication assisted treatment decreases opioid use, deaths related to overdoses, crime and the transmission of diseases, Boyle said, though the approach is not being used enough.

That growth has been associated with increasing misuse of these medications, leading to alarming increases in unintentional opioid overdose deaths.

The increase is likely due to rising numbers of overdose deaths from opioids (SN: 6/10/17, p. 22), says Christine Durand, a transplant infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Some of the consequences of increased prescribing of opioids over the last few decades have been increases in the use of heroin; overdose deaths; and cases of HIV, hepatitis C, and other injection - related harms.

«Deaths related to opioid overdose increased by more than 200 percent over the past 15 years, and the epidemic has disproportionately impacted the Medicaid population.»

Opponents of medical marijuana argue that such laws increase recreational marijuana use among adolescents, while advocates contend that medical marijuana helps to address the US opioid crisis by reducing overdose deaths.

According to the CDC, drug overdose deaths from synthetic opioids like fentanyl increased by 72 per cent between 2014 and 2015.

Opioid - related deaths are also increasing in rural counties, they added.

Long - acting opioids are associated with a significantly increased risk of death when compared with alternative medications for moderate - to - severe chronic pain, according to a Vanderbilt study released today in JAMA.

Not only did long - acting opioids increase the risk of unintentional overdose deaths, but they were also shown to increase mortality from cardiorespiratory events and other causes.

«We were concerned that long - acting opioids might increase cardiovascular death risk, which is what we found.

«We found a 34 percent increase in overdose - related ICU admissions while ICU opioid deaths nearly doubled during that same period,» according to Dr. Lena Novack, Ph.D., a lecturer in BGU's School of Public Health.

«Opioids increase risk of death when compared to other pain treatments.»

«The noteworthy increase in the annual rate of heroin abuse or dependence among non-Hispanic Whites parallels the significant increase in nonmedical opioid use during the last decade and the growing number of heroin overdose deaths described for this race and ethnic group in recent years,» said Martins.

«Stark increase in opioid - related admissions, deaths in nation's ICUs: Data show opioid - epidemic has reached «new level of crisis,» researchers say.»

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One study published earlier this year found that for every 1 percent increase in unemployment in the U.S., opioid overdose death rates rose by nearly 4 percent.

Ramsey County Forms Coalition to Address Opioid Epidemic Due to continued increases in opioid - related deaths in the area, the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office has partnered with Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge to address the devastating public health cOpioid Epidemic Due to continued increases in opioid - related deaths in the area, the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office has partnered with Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge to address the devastating public health copioid - related deaths in the area, the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office has partnered with Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge to address the devastating public health crisis.

New state data showing a continued increase in the presence of fentanyl in opioid deaths highlights the need for action to combat trafficking of the synthetic opioid, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey said.