Sentences with phrase «drug overdoses last»

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 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.

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Music legend Prince, who died last year from a fentanyl overdose, may have unwittingly taken the drug.

Last year, there were 13 drug overdoses in Orland Park and six deaths, five of which involved heroin, McCarthy said.

Last week, the Governor and legislative leaders reached an agreement on multiple bills that include new programs and insurance reforms to improve treatment options for individuals suffering from heroin and opioid addiction; measures to strengthen penalties and put in place additional tools for law enforcement to crack down on the distribution of illegal drugs; provisions to ensure the proper and safe use of naloxone, an overdose antidote; and support for enhanced public awareness campaigns to prevent drug abuse.

On the issue of opioid abuse, Perini said he would use what is known that the «Kingpin» statute to get penalties of 25 years to life for drug sellers he said were responsible for 400 overdose deaths last year.

A heroin crisis gripping communities across the country deepened in New York last year, with more people in the city dying in overdoses from the drug than in any year since 2003.

A 21 percent rise in drug overdose deaths last year made unintentional injuries the third - leading cause of death in the country, according to data set for release by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.

More than 320 local deaths last year have been tied to opioid - related drug overdoses.

U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell last year proposed a response, calling for a program to change doctors» opioid prescribing practices, to expand the use of naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdoses, and increase patient access to medication assisted treatments for opioid use disorders.

Opioids, like morphine and tramadol, are highly addictive and the NHS have recently raised concerns about prescription of these drugs, due to opioid overdoses more than doubling in the last decade.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there were more than 64,000 drug overdose deaths in this country last year.

As we learned last week, the brilliant Philip Seymour Hoffman passed away of a drug overdose.

Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died last year due to an accidental overdose of prescribed drugs, received a posthumous BAFTA nod for Best Supporting Actor for his

The suit, filed last week in Crittenden County Circuit Court, brings together 215 Arkansas cities and all 75 counties in the state and accuses opioid manufacturers of wreaking havoc by aggressively pushing the drugs from the early 2000s to the present, leading to hundreds of overdose deaths while straining law enforcement and public health resources.

>> Gwyneth Paltrow paid tribute to actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman who was found dead last Sunday morning following a drug overdose.