Sentences with phrase «about opioid deaths»

A willingness at least to talk about opioid deaths (among other taboo subjects) surely helped Donald Trump win last November's election.

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Despite growing concern about the opioid epidemic, the top ten leading causes of death have remained the same since 2015.

The state saw a total of 439 drug overdoses in 2015; most were related to opioids, and about 70 percent of these opioid - related deaths involved fentanyl.

Opioid overdose and death are a real threat for teens experimenting with drugs, so parents must take every opportunity to talk with their children about drug abuse.

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.

And I'll tell ya right now, I have traveled the state talking about the heroin opioid crisis, we are in a death spiral.

Fentanyl contributed to about 75 percent of the opioid - related deaths in Erie County in 2016, said Dr. Gale Burstein, Erie County health commissioner.

As I've been reporting a story about the opioid epidemic, I've sorted through a lot of tragic numbers that make the astronomical spike in deaths and injuries related to the drugs feel more real.

Researchers from RAND and the University of California, Irvine analyzed information about treatment admissions for addiction to pain medications from 1999 to 2012 and state - level overdose deaths from opioids from 1999 to 2013.

The opioid epidemic is something that has quadrupled [overdose deaths] in the U.S. And we are always concerned about an influenza epidemic.

In a study of relationships between socioeconomic variables and opioid - related drug overdoses, researchers found several correlations that are often not discussed in the current conversation about the nation's deaths of despair, which includes opioid overdoses, said Stephan Goetz, professor of agricultural and regional economics, Penn State and director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development.

One in 4 children experiences a mental health disorder annually, 73 and half of those who will have a mental health disorder at some point in their life will first be diagnosed at age 14 or younger.74 Furthermore, about half of all children will experience a traumatic event — such as the death of a parent, violence, or extreme poverty — before they reach adulthood.75 And as the opioid epidemic continues to grow, students are coming to school affected by a parent's addiction as well as the havoc and instability that it can wreak on family life.76 In addition, as students experience other issues — such as puberty; family matters, like divorce; and bullying — having supportive trained adults to talk to in school is critical for improving their well - being and attention to learning.

Scientists who have been studying opioid deaths across the country believe that socioeconomic factors and natural disasters should become part of any national conversation about how to tackle America's wave of opioid deaths.

Richard Ausness, a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law, who has written extensively about the opioid litigation, said the growing problem of overdose deaths and the publicity surrounding them may put pressure on state and local officials to initiate or join opioid lawsuits.

According to the CDC deaths from drug overdoses now outnumber deaths caused by car accidents, with about 110 overdose deaths per day and more than fifty percent of those involving opioids.