Sentences with phrase «from opioid drug»

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.

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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.

Repeated tests have been unable to extract opioids from the resultant solid after the powder is mixed with the drugs, DisposeRX's CEO John Holaday said.

The US is suffering from a deadly opioid epidemic, especially in rural areas, thanks to the widespread use of drugs like OxyContin as painkillers.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)-- Some of the pills taken from Prince's estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs that actually contained fentanyl — a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin, an official close to the investigation said.

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Citing data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Walmart said some 65 % of opioid abusers get them from unwitting family and friends.

Drugmakers have benefitted from the surge of opioid - related deaths in the U.S.; last year, Bloomberg reported that the drug's price had risen tenfold in recent years, with state and local governments shelling out to make the med more widely available.

Drug overdose deaths — originally from prescription opioids but increasingly now from heroin and fentanyl — have emerged as an increasingly grave social issue, steadily worsening over the past few years even as the economy improves.

These seemingly harmless customer services are being used as currency in an unlikely and dangerous economy that is supporting the drug habits of people who suffer from opioid addiction.

An Oregon man is facing federal drug charges for allegedly importing potent opioids from China.

According to a report from Politico, the White House's soon - to - be-unveiled plan to combat the opioid crisis includes one detail that should terrify and outrage pro-life advocates: The death penalty for even low - level drug dealers.

Facing a rising death toll from drug overdoses, state lawmakers across the country are testing a strategy to boost treatment for opioid addicts: Force drug manufacturers and their distributors to pay for it.

A bill advancing in the Assembly would bar insurers from requiring prior authorization for certain drugs used in the treatment of opioid addiction, including «long - acting injectable naltrexone.»

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.

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.

The budget includes taxes on «windfall» profits of health insurance companies that have benefitted from the December tax law and a surcharge on drug companies that manufacture opioids.

The above article was updated to correct several statistics from the city Department of Health and to clarify that Staten Island recorded the highest rate of drug overdose deaths overall, not just opioid overdose deaths, in 2014.

The «Kitchen Table Toolkit» unveiled by the state Combat Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse campaign contains two clips — one that focuses on the impact of addiction and another featuring testimonials from young people who have battled drug addiction.

From holding educational seminars for doctors on proper opioid prescribing practices to training first responders and community members in the administration of Narcan, the members of our health department are working very hard to save lives and prevent others from becoming addicted to these drFrom holding educational seminars for doctors on proper opioid prescribing practices to training first responders and community members in the administration of Narcan, the members of our health department are working very hard to save lives and prevent others from becoming addicted to these drfrom becoming addicted to these drugs.

As we have all learned recently, opioids are powerful drugs that are highly addictive and run the gamut from pain pills such as hydrocodone, oxycotin, vicodin, and lortab to street drugs such as heroin and fentanyl.

From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction and the Seneca Nation of Indians» Drug and Alcohol Abuse Task Force hold a joint forum at the Cattaraugus Community Center, Seneca Nation of Indians Cattaraugus Territory, 12767 Route 438, Irving.

Narcotics dealers selling chemically altered mixtures that contain the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl can face weaker punishments because of a loophole in state law that exempts certain drug mixes from being illegal controlled substances.

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.

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.

They include tax on opioid prescription drugs, a highly speculative tax on health plans that convert from nonprofit to for - profit status, a tax on for - profit health insurers who will pay less in federal tax, a tax on «vaping» products and a sales tax on all internet purchases, no matter where the retailer is located.

From 2003 through 2007, Simmons, Hanly & Conroy represented 5,000 individual plaintiffs in a class - action lawsuit against Purdue Pharma regarding the use of opioid drugs, according to the county.

According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, over 50 percent of opioid users get drugs not from a pharmacy, not from a drug dealer, but from someone's medicine cabiDrug Enforcement Agency, over 50 percent of opioid users get drugs not from a pharmacy, not from a drug dealer, but from someone's medicine cabidrug dealer, but from someone's medicine cabinet.

McDonald, who serves on the Assembly's Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, said that in discussions with staff there was an interest in preventing the tax from hitting pharmacies or hospice facilities, while also protecting those in recovery who are rely on opioid - based drugs like Suboxone or methadone.

Our goal is to reach students who are at an impressionable age and drive them away from the dangers of opioids and drug abuse.

The county is accusing drug companies and distributors of painkillers made from opioids of downplaying the risks of those kinds of drugs that have fueled a nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction.

Last June, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that initially limits physicians from prescribing more than a seven - day supply of opioid drugs.

Schumer called the bill a critical first step in the fight against heroin and opioids, expanding the availability of naloxone — also known as narcan — to law enforcement and first responders, improving prescription drug monitoring programs, shifting resources to identifying and treating incarcerated people suffering from addiction, and prohibiting the Department of Education from questioning students about prior drug convictions on financial aid forms.

The drug can not be administered to those who have had opioids in their system for 7 to 10 days, making prisoners a good test population for others who may benefit from the treatment, the sheriff said.

And just this month, the federal Food and Drug Administration requested Endo Pharmaceuticals, an international pharmaceutical manufacturer, remove Opana ER — a semi-synthetic opioid painkiller — from the market after concluding the drug's potential for abuse outweighed its therapeutic vaDrug Administration requested Endo Pharmaceuticals, an international pharmaceutical manufacturer, remove Opana ER — a semi-synthetic opioid painkiller — from the market after concluding the drug's potential for abuse outweighed its therapeutic vadrug's potential for abuse outweighed its therapeutic value.

The effort comes as a way to stem the tide of rising costs for government and public safety from a growing drug epidemic in Westchester County, which has seen opioid - related deaths increase by 60 percent in the last year, according to county Legislator Ben Boykin, a White Plains Democrat.

She wants to create a lockbox fund for tax revenue generated from opioid surcharges that drug manufacturers now have to pay.

As the death toll from opioid overdoses continues to rise, Erie County is hitting back with a lawsuit against pharmaceutical makers and doctors who prescribe the drugs.

Jarlenski and her colleagues analyzed National Survey of Drug Use and Health data from 2005 to 2014, finding that approximately one in every 50 women age 18 to 44 reported using an opioid pain reliever that was not prescribed or used only for the experience or feeling it caused, or heroin, in the prior 30 days.

«Our findings are consistent with previous studies showing an association between the legalization of medical marijuana and lower deaths from overdoses of opioids,» said Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, co-author of the study and co-director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center.

89 people from compulsory centres and 95 from voluntary centres who met criteria for an opioid use disorder had drug tests and interviews on study entry and repeatedly after release (at one, three, six, nine or 12 months post-release).

People with drug addictions who started opioid abuse later in life use injections for their drugs, or increased their use of downers before starting drug treatment, are more likely to relapse from treatment than others, says a new study from McMaster University.

Around 50 percent of people who misuse opioids get the drugs from a friend or relative for free, while 22 percent obtain them from a doctor, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The results suggested that opioids may trigger glia to set off system - wide pain signaling that both counteracts the pain relief from the drug and makes the body generally more sensitive to pain.

«It's suggestive evidence that medical marijuana might help divert people away from the path where they would start using [an opioid drug], and of course if they don't start, they're not on that path to misuse and abuse and potentially death.»

The HHS plan includes $ 750 million for NIH from an HHS - wide fund to combat the opioid epidemic that would go in part to a new public - private partnership to find treatments and alternative pain drugs.

When people die from overdoses of opioids, whether prescription pain medications or street drugs, it is the suppression of breathing that almost always kills them.

The report, requested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), says it is possible to stem the still - escalating prevalence of opioid use disorder and other opioid - related harms without foreclosing access to opioids for patients suffering from pain whose providers have prescribed these drugs responsibly.

While this approach works well in most cases, it is necessary to view regulatory oversight of opioid medications differently from that of other drugs, because these medications can have a number of consequences not only at the individual level but also at the household and societal levels.

For the 12 - week, $ 170,000 pilot project, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and will begin later this month, Young's team plans to recruit about 60 patients from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center who are experiencing chronic pain, are on long - term opioid therapy, and have reported other behaviors — such as drug or alcohol abuse — that put them at high risk of addiction.