Sentences with phrase «number of drug overdose»

The pills contained the synthetic opioid fentanyl — which is responsible for a number of drug overdose deaths worldwide.

Dr. Landen stated the number of drug overdose and fall deaths must be addressed before any progress can be made with regard to New Mexico's overall accidental death rate.

According to Schneiderman, opioids, both prescription and illicit, are driving the rising number of drug overdose deaths across the United States.

If he had been referring to the total number of drug overdoses, his claim would have been fine.

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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.

Almost as many Americans died because of a drug overdose in 2016 alone as the number of Americans killed in the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan Wars combined.

Few communities have escaped the damage wrought by the skyrocketing number of overdoses, robberies and murders connected to prescription drugs in recent years.

With no end in sight to the number of people dying from a fatal drug overdose, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing a bill that she says could help.

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.

«In the radio ad, Congressman Kennedy talks about his family legacy of public service and how Congresswoman Lujan Grisham's work to investigate nursing home abuse, double the number of school - based health centers for children and families, and to lower drug overdoses through better treatment reflects that same dedication,» Lujan Grisham's campaign said.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — The Erie County Medical Examiner's office reports a recent increase over the past month in the number of suspected drug overdose deaths involving the drug fentanyl, either alone or in combination with other drugs such as heroin and cocaine.

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

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday signed sweeping legislation that aims to reduce the number of opioid pills sitting in medicine cabinets, provide new help to addicts and make it easier to administer life - saving drugs to those who overdose.

Since the start of 2016 there has been a countless number of residents overdosing on the drug,... [Read more...]

Since the start of 2016 there has been a countless number of residents overdosing on the drug, resulting in death for several individuals.

The CDC also reports that drug overdoses were responsible for 37 percent of the deaths of Erie County residents between the ages of 15 and 44 - and numbers are expected to climb.

The number of deaths from these painkillers has nearly quadrupled since 1990, with 38,329 people dying from drug overdoses in 2010 alone.

One way to reduce the nation's number of opioid - related deaths, said Northeastern University drug policy expert Leo Beletsky, is through the timely administration of naloxone, the life - saving overdose antidote.

Nationwide, the number of deaths due to drugs more than doubled between 2002 to 2015, including a six-fold increase in deaths due to overdose of heroin and illicit opiods.

That means a number of drug - related deaths are not being counted, since surveillance systems mainly track overdose deaths.

A fair number of the education stories on the opioid crisis have been about schools choosing to stock up on the anti-opioid overdose drug, naloxone — and the worry that some critics have that it would end up encouraging students to abuse heroin and opioids.

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).

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.

In 2010, the percentage of deaths related to drug overdoses surpassed the number of deaths by car accident...