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NARCAN® Vending Machines set to open in Pierce ...
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — The Tacoma Needle Exchange is setting up three NARCAN® vending machines in Pierce County. Each vending machine will contain boxes of NARCAN® nasal spray, free of cost, that anyone...
NARCAN® Vending Machines set to open in Pierce ...
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — The Tacoma Needle Exchange is setting up three NARCAN® vending machines in Pierce County. Each vending machine will contain boxes of NARCAN® nasal spray, free of cost, that anyone...
Opioid Overdose Deaths Drive New Initiatives Fr...
Biden administration plans to allow take-home use of opioid addiction treatment drugs and ease the sharing of substance users’ medical records are steps in the right direction if done carefully,...
Opioid Overdose Deaths Drive New Initiatives Fr...
Biden administration plans to allow take-home use of opioid addiction treatment drugs and ease the sharing of substance users’ medical records are steps in the right direction if done carefully,...
2022 was a Deadly (but Hopeful) Year in America...
When the history of America's long, devastating opioid crisis is finally written, 2022 may be remembered as both a low point and a turning point. Data from the Centers for...
2022 was a Deadly (but Hopeful) Year in America...
When the history of America's long, devastating opioid crisis is finally written, 2022 may be remembered as both a low point and a turning point. Data from the Centers for...
Black Opioid Deaths Increase Faster Than Whites...
A study published Thursday reveals a growing racial disparity in opioid overdose death rates. Deaths among African Americans are growing faster than among whites across the country. The study authors...
Black Opioid Deaths Increase Faster Than Whites...
A study published Thursday reveals a growing racial disparity in opioid overdose death rates. Deaths among African Americans are growing faster than among whites across the country. The study authors...
New Report Seeks To Explore Role Of Race And Tr...
Racism, childhood trauma, and the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically affected opioid overdose deaths in Philadelphia, and must be considered as part of the city Health Department’s efforts to curtail rising...
New Report Seeks To Explore Role Of Race And Tr...
Racism, childhood trauma, and the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically affected opioid overdose deaths in Philadelphia, and must be considered as part of the city Health Department’s efforts to curtail rising...
Decline in opioid deaths is tied to growing use...
Prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in nearly three decades. The number of naloxone prescriptions...
Decline in opioid deaths is tied to growing use...
Prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in nearly three decades. The number of naloxone prescriptions...