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Lorain County opening new harm reduction clinic to help battle the opioid epidemic

Apr 03, 2019 LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio — Lorain County is facing the drug epidemic head on. People suffering from addiction in the county can get help at a new harm reduction clinic in Wellington, Ohio. Harm reduction strategies have been successful in battling the opioid epidemic throughout 19 counties in Ohio, according to a news [...]

By |2019-04-03T19:56:33-07:00April 3rd, 2019|News|Comments Off on Lorain County opening new harm reduction clinic to help battle the opioid epidemic

Even in best-case scenario, opioid overdose deaths will keep rising until 2022

February 11, 2019 In the nation’s opioid epidemic, the carnage is far from over. A new projection of opioid overdose death rates suggests that even if there is steady progress in reducing prescription narcotics abuse nationwide, the number of fatal overdoses — which reached 47,600 in 2017 — will rise sharply in the coming years. [...]

By |2019-02-11T13:11:58-07:00February 11th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Even in best-case scenario, opioid overdose deaths will keep rising until 2022

Medical Examiner Issues Public Health Warning: Increase in Carfentanil Seized in January 

February 7, 2019 CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Gilson, today issued a public health warning , stating the Cuyahoga County Regional Forensic Science Laboratory has seen a significant increase of seized carfentanil (powder and tablets) tested over the last month. Carfentnail, a synthetic opioid and large animal sedative, is extremely potent and unsafe for [...]

By |2019-02-08T13:25:48-07:00February 8th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Medical Examiner Issues Public Health Warning: Increase in Carfentanil Seized in January 

Study Links Drug Maker Gifts for Doctors to More Overdose Deaths

WASHINGTON — A new study offers some of the strongest evidence yet of the connection between the marketing of opioids to doctors and the nation’s addiction epidemic. It found that counties where opioid manufacturers offered a large number of gifts and payments to doctors had more overdose deaths involving the drugs than counties where direct-to-physician [...]

By |2019-01-31T17:06:50-07:00January 31st, 2019|News|Comments Off on Study Links Drug Maker Gifts for Doctors to More Overdose Deaths

US customs announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history

(CNN) -- US Customs and Border Protection made the largest seizure of fentanyl in the agency's history on Saturday at the Nogales port of entry on the US-Mexico border, Port Director Michael Humphries announced Thursday. Officers uncovered 100 packages of fentanyl weighing nearly 254 pounds and with an estimated value of $3.5 million, Humphries said. [...]

By |2019-01-31T16:59:58-07:00January 31st, 2019|News|Comments Off on US customs announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history

Cocaine overtakes heroin as No. 1 cause of fentanyl overdose deaths in Ohio

Cocaine is now Ohio’s most dangerous drug. It killed more people than heroin because powder cocaine and crack cocaine in Ohio are now broadly contaminated with fentanyl and its chemical relatives, such as carfentanil and norfentanyl. An analysis of autopsy results shows that fentanyl has now spread throughout Ohio’s illegal drug supply, except for marijuana [...]

By |2019-01-16T15:28:25-07:00January 16th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Cocaine overtakes heroin as No. 1 cause of fentanyl overdose deaths in Ohio

Fentanyl now America’s deadliest drug, federal health officials say

Fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in America, federal health officials announced Wednesday, with more than 18,000 overdose deaths in 2016, the most recent year for which statistics are available. It's the first time the synthetic opioid has been the nation's deadliest drug. From 2012 to 2015, heroin topped the list. On average, in each year from 2013 [...]

By |2018-12-13T10:39:12-07:00December 13th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Fentanyl now America’s deadliest drug, federal health officials say

‘I killed my best friend’: Opioids’ fatal grip on mayor, pal

MOUNT CARBON, Pa. (AP) — In a story Dec. 9 about the fatal overdose of a young mayor and his friend, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of drug overdose deaths in 2017. It was about 70,200, not more than 72,000, which represented an earlier government estimate. A corrected version of the story is [...]

By |2018-12-10T13:28:53-07:00December 10th, 2018|News|Comments Off on ‘I killed my best friend’: Opioids’ fatal grip on mayor, pal

Medical Examiner Issues Warning Regarding Fake Oxycodone Pills: Fentanyl Disguised as Fake Oxycodone

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Gilson, today issued a public health warning today, indicating that the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office has detected fentanyl in pills that have been disguised to appear as Oxycodone (30mg tablets). This is an immediate threat to public health safety, causing a heightened concern for potentially fatal [...]

By |2018-12-07T13:13:05-07:00December 7th, 2018|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Medical Examiner Issues Warning Regarding Fake Oxycodone Pills: Fentanyl Disguised as Fake Oxycodone

Trump signs bipartisan opioid bill aimed at curbing national crisis

President Trump signed a sweeping bipartisan bill into law on Wednesday aimed at making medical treatment for opioid addiction more widely available while also cracking down on illicit drugs being sent through the mail. The bill, which was passed by Congress earlier this month, will expand access to substance abuse treatment in Medicaid. The Senate [...]

By |2018-10-24T15:06:46-07:00October 24th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Trump signs bipartisan opioid bill aimed at curbing national crisis
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