Sentences with phrase «opioid addicts»

Drug policy advocates urged state lawmakers to approve legislation creating «supervised consumption sites» for opioid addicts to safely — and legally — shoot up.

More than a dozen local law enforcement agencies are looking for some «angels» to help them in a new program that works with opioid addicts.

Poisoned by unresolved daddy issues, Erica's troubled relationship with her mom (Kathryn Hahn) comes to a head when her nice - guy boyfriend (Tim Heidecker, playing against type for no clear reason) moves in with his teen son, Luke (Joey Morgan), an overweight recovering opioid addict with crippling shyness.

WHEREAS, the Erie County Health Department has noted a sustained and growing number of opioid addicted persons in our community, identifying a public health crisis; and

Before Monday's press conference, de Blasio met with opioid addict James Brenker, 21, who hasn't shot heroin or taken prescription painkillers since September.

The vaccine didn't interfere with methadone or buprenorphine, mild opioid medications that are used to wean opioid addicts off the drug.

Diana Olick reports on what one tech firm is doing to protect realtors from opioid addicts who visit open houses to raid the medicine cabinet.

CITY HALL — When opioid addict James Brenker first learned that Mayor Bill de Blasio wanted to meet with him on Staten Island, he was surprised.

A community - based organization that specializes in treating opioid addicts was not the right place for someone with schizophrenia, but there was no way to know who should go where when the program began.

Dan Rinaldo of the Federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking program speaks during a news conference, during which officials announced a new initiative that unites police and volunteers to arrange help for local opioid addicts.

Onondaga County started a program this week at the Onondaga County Justice Center and the Jamesville Corrections Facility aimed at helping opioid addicts stay clean after they are released from jail.

But Upstate New York Poison Center clinical toxicologist Jeanna Marraffa says the drug is used by opioid addicts to get high, or to help with withdrawal symptoms.

That means peace of mind for diabetes patients, who no longer have to constantly prick their fingers to measure blood sugar and manually adjust insulin doses, and hope for recovering opioid addicts, who might face a relapse if they don't adhere to a strict treatment protocol.

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.

Raj Masih (in white shirt, facing the camera), a recovering opioid addict, takes part in a Narcotics Anonymous meeting at the clinic he runs in Petersburg, W.Va.

That may appease Sens. Rob Portman and Shelley Moore Capito, both of whom opposed the first bill in part because of their lack of funding to support recovering opioid addicts.

One Brown University epidemiologist estimates that 20,000 of them are opioid addicts — 2 percent of the population.

The father of her children is an opioid addict, who is currently in jail.

ALBANY — Drug policy advocates urged state lawmakers Monday to approve legislation creating «supervised consumption sites» for opioid addicts to safely shoot up.

Treating the growing numbers of opioid addicts will require anti-addiction medications and coordinating treatment for people within criminal justice system, medical experts said.

Mar. 19, 2018 — Opioid addicts and others battling compulsion around drugs or alcohol are using a new high - tech, low - risk method to practice saying no — through virtual reality.