Sentences with phrase «drug overdose epidemic»

The initiative would have amended the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) of 1975 to lift the cap on medical malpractice damages, require drug and alcohol testing of doctors, and create a prescription database to curb overprescribing and the drug overdose epidemic.

«The media portrayal of the drug overdose epidemic has largely been that it is a national crisis.

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 drug overdose epidemic has become one of the most concerning public health issues of recent time, and in an effort to stem the tide, moreg and more patients and doctors are turning to pot over pills.

Not exact matches

The report noted that this drop is due in large part to the growing opioid epidemic in the U.S. — mortality from drug overdoses rose by 21 percent in 2016.

The White House report on the epidemic says that 142 Americans die of drug overdoses every day, and urges measures like federal legislation that would boost widespread adoption of naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote.

Her sister had never ODed before, and without the drug might have ended up padding Ohio's already epidemic - level numbers of painkiller and heroin overdose deaths.

In the Bronx, which lost more residents to drug overdoses last year than any other New York City borough, the heroin epidemic has latched on to a vulnerable population.

In the face of roughly 11 deaths each week in Erie County due to opioid drug overdoses, the County Legislature is poised to approve a «crisis response plan» today that would better connect those suffering from addiction with services and expand Health Department programs aimed add addressing the epidemic.

The event in Hunts Point was one of 600 internationally recognized events that helped to shine a light on the the growing epidemic of widespread drug addiction and overdose related deaths.

As local leaders and surviving family members marked International Overdose Awareness Day with a candlelight vigil Thursday evening at the LaSalle Park bandshell, Erie County leaders discussed how efforts to fight the drug epidemic have progressed and what yet has to be done.

New York City could become the first city in the United States to adopt supervised injection facilities — also known as safe injection sites — in an effort to combat drug overdose deaths and the opioid epidemic.

Abuse of the prescription painkillers, such as Vicodin or OxyContin, has fueled the need to address an epidemic of addiction and overdose linked to the legal drugs and their illegal cousin, heroin.

The Opioid Epidemic [May 10, 2017] Opioid addiction has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with overdoses and deaths caused by prescribed and «street» drugs on tEpidemic [May 10, 2017] Opioid addiction has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with overdoses and deaths caused by prescribed and «street» drugs on tepidemic proportions in the United States, with overdoses and deaths caused by prescribed and «street» drugs on the rise.

Drug overdoses are the No. 1 cause of death for Americans under 50, outranking guns and car accidents and outpacing the HIV epidemic at its peak.

These findings, which appear in Substance Abuse, come amid an opioid addiction epidemic and could offer a roadmap for how best to equip communities to prevent deaths from drug overdoses.

Called the «overdose drug» because it counteracts the potentially lethal effects of heroin, oxycodone, and other abused narcotics, this lifesaving medicine is making headlines thanks to the opioid addiction epidemic.

The current epidemic of opioid use has been called the worst drug crisis in American history with associated overdose deaths building across the nation.