Sentences with phrase «opioid deaths»

When researchers extended their analysis through 2013, they found that the association between having any medical marijuana law and lower rates of opioid deaths completely disappeared.

Emergency departments (ED) provide a promising venue to address opioid deaths with education on both overdose prevention and appropriate actions in a witnessed overdose.

But, the tidal wave of opioid deaths didn't start with low level drug dealers.

Most teenage opioid deaths were from intentional opioid use, whereas children under six were exposed unintentionally to medications around the home.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and his administration believed that the county was going to see about a five percent increase in opioid deaths in 2017, based on first quarter numbers.

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.

Designed to create citywide public engagement, the task force will educate New Yorkers about resources available to them to prevent opioid deaths.

To reverse opioid death rates, Bilsky called for comprehensive responses, informed both by the experiences of the nearly 100 million Americans who suffer from chronic pain each year, and those with an opioid use disorder, as well as scientific research and public policy prescriptions.

In addition, the association between medical marijuana dispensaries and fewer opioid deaths appears to have declined sharply after 2010, when states began to tighten requirements on sales by dispensaries.

They used presidentially declared disasters by county from FEMA — the Federal Emergency Management Agency — to determine the effect of natural disasters on opioid deaths.

Research has found that opioid deaths decrease in medical marijuana states.

A willingness at least to talk about opioid deaths (among other taboo subjects) surely helped Donald Trump win last November's election.

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

The 2017 weekly average for opioid deaths in Erie County is 6.8 deaths per week.

According to a press release, Onondaga County suffers from the highest rate of opioid deaths among central New York counties.

Cities and states reeling from opioid deaths need to give serious consideration to setting up safe injection rooms, which could significantly reduce fatalities.

«We found a 34 percent increase in overdose - related ICU admissions while ICU opioid deaths nearly doubled during that same period,» according to Dr. Lena Novack, Ph.D., a lecturer in BGU's School of Public Health.

Meanwhile opioid deaths in the ICU nearly doubled during that same period.

«However, on the death certificate it only listed the pneumonia, and it listed no mention of opioids, so this death wasn't counted in the state opioid death surveillance system,» she said.

New state data showing a continued increase in the presence of fentanyl in opioid deaths highlights the need for action to combat trafficking of the synthetic opioid, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey said.

On March 13, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city will distribute 100,000 naloxone kits citywide in attempt to prevent opioid deaths.

Westchester and Rockland counties have reportedly seen a 200 % increase in opioid deaths with 143 deaths in 2016, up from 49 in 2015

«Study questions link between medical marijuana and fewer opioid deaths: Association appears to be changing as medical marijuana laws and opioid epidemic change.»

WASHINGTON — Opioid deaths increased slightly in Erie County last year, part of a continuing nationwide trend that Senate Minority Leader Charles E. 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.

Opioid death rates were not lower in states that just provided legal protections to patients and caregivers, allowing them to grow their own marijuana.

The researchers theorize that one reason this wave of opioid deaths may be higher in rural counties is because of the low number of mental - health treatment facilities in those areas and, perhaps, the stigma attached to seeking help in those facilities.

WHITE PLAINS — With 124 opioid deaths in Westchester County, within a year the county is taking a strong stand against opioids.

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.

«Our research suggests that the overall story between medical marijuana and opioid deaths is complicated,» Pacula said.

«Experts challenge claims about medical marijuana's impact on teen recreational use and opioid deaths.»

There are more plausible reasons for the reduction in opioid deaths that ought to be investigated.

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.

Opioid Death Rates Are Not Correlated With Prescription Rates Across States May 14th, 1:30 pm UTC at Hit & Run by Jacob Sullum