Not exact matches
More providers will be trained and authorized to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication that treats opioid
analgesics use, and pharmacies across the city will offer naloxone, which can reverse the effects
of opioid
overdose, without a prescription.
Approximately 60 percent
of all deaths resulting from opioid
analgesic overdoses occur in patients who have legitimate prescriptions.
On average, states allowing the medical use
of marijuana have lower rates
of deaths resulting from opioid
analgesic overdoses than states without such laws.
Over the past 10 years the number
of overdose deaths from prescription painkillers — also known as opioid
analgesics — has tripled, from 4,000 people in 1999 to more than 15,000 people every year in the U.S. today.