Sentences with phrase «drug overdose»

The study did not include heroin use, which is also a leading cause of drug overdose and parental neglect.

The country's life expectancy has dropped for the past two years running, thanks in part to drug overdose deaths.

He died of a cardiac arrest on the weekend after a suspected drug overdose.

This includes drug overdose & other types of self harm.

Three years ago, drug overdose became the leading cause of death among the homeless.

But almost immediately after moving in they find him dead in his bedroom from a massive drug overdose.

If you or someone you know has had a friend or family member drug overdose, here is what you should know about the life insurance coverage of that person.

As such, there is always a risk of drug overdose or drug toxicity.

More than 1,000 people died from drug overdoses in Connecticut last year but the state's congressional delegation is rejecting President Donald Trump's plan to tackle the problem in part by ramping up the use of the death penalty.

More than 64,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2016, with most of those deaths related to prescription opioids or illegal opioids such as heroin.

There has been another sudden surge in apparent drug overdoses in Erie County and in the surrounding counties: eleven cases between Saturday afternoon and Monday afternoon.

Deaths caused by accidental drug overdoses in the US now exceed those from motor vehicle incidents and guns.

Sadly, opioid drugs are typically prescribed as a first line of treatment for back pain, 1 not exercise, and these drugs have now surpassed both heroin and cocaine as the leading cause of fatal drug overdoses in the US.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid abuse is a serious public health issue, with drug overdoses identified as the leading cause of injury death in the United States.

It went down for young people late in the 1990s and then went back up a little bit as a general population figure; so that you have a tremendously important contrast between steady rates of illegal drug use as measured by drug overdose death rates, as measured by urines of arrested people, emergency room mentions, all kinds of things.

The already short - staffed Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office is losing another forensic pathologist at a time when its caseload of autopsies fueled by the opioid drug overdose epidemic is soaring, and plans to use more contract pathologists from New York City.

The number of Erie County residents dying from opioid drug overdoses fell last year, reversing a lethal body count trend for the first time since 2013.

«Study arms sheriff's deputies with nasal spray for drug overdose victims.»

An increasing number of people of working age (aged 25 - 65) die from accidental deaths from drug misuse or overdose, with accidental prescription drug overdoses rising.

White men between the ages of 20 and 40 comprise the single largest death demographic — by far — of the more than 1,000 residents who have died of opioid - related drug overdoses in the past five years.

Yet Trump, specifically, took office in the middle of an unprecedented drug overdose crisis.

Unintentional drug overdose deaths now outnumber murders and deaths linked to motor vehicles, according to the city.

Ms. Yamada died of an apparent drug overdose on June 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the American Booksellers Association convention.

The more preventable problems that veterinarians routinely see like drug overdoses, toxins (e.g.human over-the-counter or prescription medications, grapes / raisins, plants),... Read more →

Town Police Chief Sinagra reports there have been no cases of synthetic drug overdoses in the past year.

Heart disease was the leading cause of death for 2016, followed by cancer, unintentional injuries such as drug overdoses and car crashes, chronic lower respiratory diseases including asthma, and stroke.

In Ohio, figures from 88 county coroners show that more than 4,100 people died from drug overdoses last year, according to figures compiled recently by the Columbus Dispatch.

Narcan — a nasal spray device widely used by first responders to administer a medication that revives drug overdose victims, has been recalled because of a defect that could cause serious injury or death.

In a recent study, nearly half of all veterans who died from drug overdoses while prescribed opioids for pain were also receiving benzodiazepines, or benzos, which are common medications for the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and alcohol withdrawal.

The leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50 is now drug overdoses.

Drug overdoses killed more than 60,000 people in 2016 and the spread of powerful opioids like fentanyl has terrified law enforcement and the medical community alike in recent years.

Officials said such facilities, which already exist in dozens of cities outside the US, help prevent drug overdoses, reduce HIV and viral hepatitis transmission and connect addicts with drug - treatment options.

«Researchers provide insights for reducing drug overdoses through community education.»

Once participants successfully complete the two - hour training, they will be able to recognize a possible drug overdose and administer naloxone (trade names: Narcan ® or Evzio ®).

Acclaimed writer Aaron Sorkin had a candid conversation about drug overdoses with Philip Seymour Hoffman prior to the actor's death.The Oscar - winning...

Update: The early word from officials (via NY Times) is that Philip Seymour Hoffman was found with a needle in his arm at his apartment, hinting at a likely drug overdose.

As 2014 starts the final lap, it's been rather a soul - destroying year in the world of the movies — and of course I mean off the big screen, with Seymour Hoffman's drug overdose back in February, Robin Williams» suicide and the death of other names including Bob Hoskins, Lauren Bacall, Mickey Rooney, Eli Wallach, Shirley Temple and Richard Attenborough.

On May 4, 2017, the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act («Act») became law as part of the Government of Canada's approach to address the growing number of overdoses and deaths caused by opioids (pain relieving drugs, including fentanyl).

With Canada's fatal overdose crisis still surging, the Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network, in collaboration with the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, issued 50,000 wallet - size cards with vital information about the 2017 Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act.

Policies tend not to cover illegal drug overdose, as it is considered a self - inflicted death, even if the overdose was unintentional.

There are more people dying from drug overdoses overall than the number who died from AIDS at the peak of the AIDS crisis.

The musician appeared at the governor's bill signing in April for a law that encourages people to report drug overdoses without fear of being arrested.

Authorities in Utah have launched an investigation into a recent drug overdose that led to the death of 28 people.

The members of the Pacific Coast Collaborative met in Vancouver on Friday to mark its 10th anniversary and agreed to add drug overdoses and trade to the list of issues considered vital to the four jurisdictions.

And the new CDC reports may not fully encapsulate just how much drug overdoses and the opioid epidemic are driving death rates because the data on that particular issue is only available through the last quarter of 2016.

The decision comes on the heels of a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics, an agency of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, that shows the rate of estimated drug overdose deaths increased in the third quarter of 2016 and outpaced the rate of drug - related deaths over the same period in 2015.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported in January that drug overdoses claimed the lives of 52,404 Americans last year, with more than 60 % of those deaths related to opioid drugs.

There are a lot of serious issues in the United States, and the inclination to try to stay serious and talk about guns, trade, Medicaid, or drug overdoses rather than reports of the president's alleged past affairs with porn actresses and Playboy playmates is understandable and, on some level, laudable.

But also concerning is the public reaction to celebrity deaths, especially drug overdoses and suicides.