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Scientists who have been studying opioid deaths across the country believe that socioeconomic factors and natural disasters should become part of any national conversation about how to tackle America's wave of opioid deaths.

The report — the most - detailed examination of medical marijuana and opioid deaths conducted to date — found that legalizing medical marijuana was associated with lower levels of opioid deaths only in states that had provisions for dispensaries that made medical marijuana easily available to patients.

Not exact matches

Despite growing concern about the opioid epidemic, the top ten leading causes of death have remained the same since 2015.

One key factor contributing to the trend is the major spike in fatalities related to drugs, including prescription painkillers containing addictive opioids (like oxycodone and fentanyl) and illegal drugs like heroin; another is the second straight year that gun deaths have risen after 15 years of remaining relatively stable.

Graphics show death rate from opioid overdoses in the U.S. and number of narcotic painkiller prescriptions.

That level of death led President Donald Trump in October to declare the opioid epidemic a public health emergency.

On Thursday, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sent this letter to 2.3 million American doctors asking for their help to curb what's being called an «unprecedented» epidemic of opioid painkiller overdose deaths.

In 2011, 31 % of prescription - opioid - related overdose deaths involved these two kinds of drugs used together, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

State Attorney General Andy Beshear is bringing suit against Endo Pharmaceuticals, which makes the opioid Opana ER, for alleged fraudulent and deceptive marketing practices which have contributed to a rising tide of painkiller - related deaths in Kentucky.

Forty percent of these deaths involved a prescription opioid.

Over time, that decline may translate to a drop in overdose deaths, since prescription or illicit opioids were involved in 66 % of all lethal overdoses in 2016, according to CDC data.

The increased adoption is driven, of course, by the nation's deepening opioid epidemic — a scourge fueled by prescription pain pill abuse and cheap heroin that resulted in 24,200 overdose deaths in 2013, up 315 % from 1999.

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.

In the three years since, the number of overdose deaths involving fentanyl has skyrocketed at a rate that outpaces deaths from any other opioid, including heroin, hydrocodone, and oxycodone.

The state saw a total of 439 drug overdoses in 2015; most were related to opioids, and about 70 percent of these opioid - related deaths involved fentanyl.

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.

There is a long history at play here between Kanye's obsession with celebrity, his sense of kinship with bombastic figures like Trump, and his very public struggles with his mother's death in 2007, his mental health, and his recently disclosed opioid addiction.

Though it's been particularly hard - hit, Ohio isn't alone in having to deal with the crisis of death caused by opioid addiction and overdoses.

Last year, stats concerning the opioid epidemic crossed a grim new line: Overdoses — mostly on opioids — are now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50.

We can also show you research that says in states where medical cannabis is legal, opioid overdose deaths and addiction treatment admissions have fallen, providing a glimmer of hope to perhaps solving an American epidemic.

«Despite our best efforts to stem the tide of opioid related deaths, the number of deaths continue to rise.

Opioid deaths increased slightly in Erie County last year, part of a continuing nationwide trend that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hopes to stem by insisting on more federal funding to combat the epidemic in a spending bill that must be finalized by the end of next week.

President Trump traveled to the first - in - the - nation primary state of New Hampshire to rail against drug dealers responsible for the deadly opioid epidemic devastating the US, vowing «tough action» including the death penalty.

Officials with Nassau County medical examiner's office confirmed 131 opioid - related deaths as of September.

Gillibrand says the number of prescription opioid - related deaths rose nationally more than 1,600 percent between 2004 and 2015.

In 2016, Suffolk County had 360 deaths related to opioids and Nassau County tallied 195 — a record high total of 555 for Long Island, officials said.

Nevada and five other states are filing new lawsuits accusing a Connecticut - based pharmaceutical company of using deceptive marketing to boost drug sales that fueled opioid overdose deaths.

Native Americans have experienced the highest rate of prescription opioid deaths out of any ethnic group.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand brought her campaign to fight the scourge of opioid addiction and death to the City of Newburgh on Friday where she announced new legislation that will target the epidemic at one of its key sources: opioid pain medication prescriptions.

According to the Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office — which handles the caseload for Oneida County — of the 166 drug / toxin - related deaths in Oneida County between 2013 and 2016, 56 were heroin - related, 26 were fentanyl - related, 24 were heroin and fentanyl - related and 30 were attributed to other opioids.

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.

The «Too Good for Drugs» expansion is part of a comprehensive city effort unveiled on Staten Island Monday to combat opioid misuse deaths across the five boroughs.

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.

Brenker spoke to the mayor, McCray and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo at his family's home in New Springville before officials announced a series of initiatives to combat opioid misuse deaths in all five boroughs.

Deaths due to opioid overdose are in decline in the United States according to recent medical surveys with the overdose antidote naloxone (Narcan) credited as a main cause of this positive trend.

According to documents regarding the introduction of the program, in 2015, 107 Westchester County residents died of fatal drug overdoses, and 83 percent of those deaths were caused by heroin — many of such users started with using prescription opioids.

The effort comes after the high - profile death of a college student, and as the state's opioid - related deaths continue to rise.

The measures come amid a record - high number of deaths from heroin or opioid - related abuse in 2014, according to a report released earlier this month by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office.

«Every member of the New York delegation should be held accountable for doing everything within their means to stop this reprehensible bill from threatening our ability to combat the opioid crisis and stop the ever - rising death toll.»

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.

Public health officials on Thursday reported 42 suspected opioid overdose deaths in Erie County for the month so far, half of them since Dec. 19 and six alone on Dec. 27.

A powerful opioid usually prescribed to cancer patients, several grains of fentanyl can cause death.

Fentanyl contributed to about 75 percent of the opioid - related deaths in Erie County in 2016, said Dr. Gale Burstein, Erie County health commissioner.

Overdoses involving opioids killed more than 28,000 people in the nation in 2014, and more than half of those deaths were from prescription opioids.

As of May 29, there have been 68 opioid - related deaths so far this year.

But the number of deaths from heroin and opioids alone continues to rise, more than doubling in Erie County alone between 2014 and 2015.

WHEREAS, the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office projects 2015 to be the year with the greatest number of reported opioid related fatalities, with well over 200 deaths; and

Nassau County recorded 190 deaths related to overdoses of opioids in 2016.

A recent report released by the Rockefeller Institute of Government indicates that between 2015 and 2016, deaths attributed to opioid overdose rose by 29 percent.

According to county Legislator Ben Boykin, a White Plains Democrat and chairman of the Committee on Public Safety & Social Services, the looming cuts to the narcotics unit will pose an abundance of consequences to Westchester, which has seen opioid - related deaths increase by 60 percent this year over last year.