Sentences with phrase «abuse epidemic»

by Governor Tom Wolf Pittsburgh Post-Gazette After months of negotiations and compromise, Pennsylvania has secured a 2016 - 2017 state budget that increases funding for schools, devotes resources to battle the opioid - abuse epidemic and reduces the deficit.

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TUESDAY, April 25, 2017 (HealthDay News)-- America's prescription drug abuse epidemic may be even more deadly than expected, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests.

The Minnesota cases raise the question of whether similar drug - related deaths are being missed in other states, particularly those hardest hit by the prescription drug abuse epidemic, Hall said.

These data not only document the scope of the opioid abuse epidemic, they also reveal its complexity.

Legislator William Spencer of Centerport said the lawsuit would get drug companies to reimburse the county for the higher costs of health care and police services related to the opioid abuse epidemic.

The Onondaga County Sheriff's Department is starting up a couple of new programs in response to the opioid abuse epidemic in Central New York.

Westchester County has launched a new program aimed at integrating the response of several county agencies, local officials and community leaders to the growing drug abuse epidemic.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders agreed Wednesday on legislation to support addiction treatment and enact stricter penalties for illegal drug distribution, in response to what they called a growing heroin, opioid and prescription - drug - abuse epidemic.

Instead, he was asked about how to best combat the nationwide opioid abuse epidemic.

Also at 1 p.m., Rep. Dan Donovan, state Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and New York City Councilman Joseph Borelli host a press conference to push for federal resources to combat the opioid abuse epidemic in Staten Island and South Brooklyn, Camelot of Staten Island, 460 Brielle Ave., Building H, Staten Island.

At 9:30 a.m., Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Commissioner of Health Gale Burstein, U.S. Attorney for the Western District William Hochul and police chiefs make a plea for volunteers to help combat the region's ongoing opioid abuse epidemic, Erie County Fire Training Academy, 3359 Broadway St., Cheektowaga.

At 11 a.m., Assemblyman Michael Cusick, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Staten Island DA Michael McMahon, and representatives from the NYPD, Delco Drugs, and YMCA Counseling Services announce the donation of 10,000 drug deactivation pouches to combat the ongoing heroin and opioid abuse epidemic, Delco Drugs, 3833 Richmond Ave., Staten Island.

At 12:30 p.m., U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, on a conference call with reporters, calls for colleagues in Congress support passage of emergency funding to confront the heroin and opioid abuse epidemic.

There were also questions about whether the money would supplement existing anti-addiction programs or start new efforts to fight the opioid abuse epidemic sweeping New York and other states.

New York lawmakers joined the trend in 2016, as part of a package negotiated by Governor Andrew Cuomo in response to the opioid abuse epidemic.

Callard said he plans to focus on the heroin and opioid abuse epidemic that affects Orleans County for the rest of the year.

Not exact matches

This year, the United States ranked No. 18 — falling four spots from last year and five from two years ago — «in part because of the ongoing epidemics of obesity, substance abuse and untreated depression,» according to World Happiness Report co-editor and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs.

Cardinal Health agreed to pay $ 20 million to the state and issued this statement: «While the company denies the state's allegations, Cardinal Health recognizes that the epidemic of prescription drug abuse is a multifaceted problem driven by addiction and demand.»

Noting that the country faced epidemic levels of prescription drug abuse, the letters also contained more explicit expectations that registrants «know their customers» — i.e., engage in due diligence to ensure pharmacies and dispensers were aboveboard — and that they report and refrain from shipping suspicious orders.

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.

A new survey is the second report in recent months indicating that what some have called an epidemic of prescription drug abuse is showing signs of tapering.

Story by Christina Jewett A new survey is the second report in recent months indicating that what some have called an epidemic of prescription drug abuse is showing signs of tapering.

While South Florida is facing an opioid epidemic, the NBC 6 Investigators spoke to some who have been down the path to heroin addiction, and they recall what led them to that place in their life: abuse of prescription pain... Read More

This thinking only exacerbates what is becoming more and more a cultural epidemic of men objectifying and abusing women as sexual playthings.

Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect.

They created or enabled the Permissive Society that shattered millennia - old values leading to the decline of marriage, a level of narcotics - abuse never seen before in a developed country, an epidemic of sexually - transmitted diseases and the industrial - scale production of bastard children.

If you watch the news or frequent the internet at all, you know that sexual abuse seems to be an epidemic in some circles.

Child abuse calls for all of us as a human race to find a solution to such a terrible epidemic.

They said abuse and cover - up are not just sins «but crimes and corruption that do not end in Chile but are an epidemic».

Abuse is an epidemic in both Catholic and Protestant churches.

Zealous prosecutors claimed to be stamping out an epidemic of abuse, child - abuse experts coached and coerced young children to tell tall tales, psychologists peddled fantastic theories to juries, and judges caved in to pressures to «protect the children.»

I will say it again: the extent of spiritual abuse is epidemic.

A national increase in deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug abuse has caused overall life expectancy to decline for the first time since the AIDS epidemic.

Numerous studies show that privileged adolescents are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse — rates that are higher than those of any other socioeconomic group of young people in this country.

In recent years, numerous studies have shown that bright, charming, seemingly confident and socially skilled teenagers from affluent, loving families are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders - rates higher than in any other socioeconomic group of American adolescents.

It's the right solution to tackle the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse.»

A new Siena Poll addressing the state's opioid epidemic shows that 54 % of New Yorkers are personally touched by opioid abuse.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- A group representing substance abuse treatment professionals is praising new proposals from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to crack down on the opioid epidemic.

Several weeks ago, Attorney General Schneiderman launched a new website, «Share Your I - STOP Story,» that showcases personal stories from New Yorkers who have been impacted by the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse.

Her remit may be broad, but it also covers some of the most important tasks facing this government, including dealing with the knife crime epidemic, tackling modern slavery — a cause championed by Theresa May during her own time at the Home Office and in Downing Street — and leading on the forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill.

Our policies will be aimed at the least well off and will address the need to support vulnerable families, provide proper education, tackle the epidemic of debt, fight crime and drug abuse and give people a decent environment to live in.

«Fentanyl abuse is feeding this nation's devastating opioid epidemic that destroys lives and families, and we are taking aggressive action to get these deadly drugs off our streets and protect communities across New York,» Governor Cuomo said.

Ltd., Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited and Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited following their ties to the codeine abuse and epidemic presently ravaging youths mostly in northern Nigeria.

«As we continue educating our kids about the dangers of drug abuse, I will continue working on all fronts to stop this epidemic,» Lanza said in a statement.

NEW CITY, NY — Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced today that the county is taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies that made and sold prescription opioids that contributed to the epidemic of abuse.

The idea for the program stemmed from Oddo's Advisory Council on Substance Abuse which has been working to curb Staten Island's prescription drug and heroin epidemic.

Residents can expect to see a decrease in taxes for the second year in a row and more funding for the fight against the county's growing epidemic of drug abuse.

In their latest response to the epidemic of opioid abuse, state lawmakers are indulging a habit - forming practice of their own: imposing mandates on health insurance.

«God help us, we need to include the patients with severe chronic pain... to try to diminish the epidemic of opiate and heroin abuse,» Susan Rusinko, a multiple sclerosis patient from Cayuga County, said.