Sentences with phrase «opioid misuse deaths»
De Blasio and his wife, first lady Chirlane McCray, will announce the new initiative targeting opioid misuse deaths at the YMCA Counseling Service in Eltingville, according to the mayor's office.
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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.
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.
Not exact matches
Mayor de Blasio has also invested in numerous initiatives to support our DAs» essential efforts — including an additional $ 2 million per year to the Special Narcotics Prosecutor and $ 10 million to the Anti-Violence Innovation challenge — and launched expansive initiatives aimed at reducing opioid misuse and overdose deaths across the City, in close partnership with local elected officials.»
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported late last year that 2014 saw a record 28,647 overdose deaths due to the misuse of prescription opioids and heroin.
«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.»
That growth has been associated with increasing misuse of these medications, leading to alarming increases in unintentional opioid overdose deaths.
«Right now there is an epidemic of opioid related deaths and the FDA has identified prescribers as essential to the reduction of opioid misuse,» said study author Kavita Babu, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine and director of the medical toxicology fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Opioids may stop the pain, but at a high price: growing numbers of deaths due to opioid overdose and higher rates of addiction and misuse.