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A Canadian study finds that as fentanyl use began increasing in 2014, opioid agonist treatment duration with methadone or ...
Naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversing medication commonly known by its brand name Narcan, was central to the response of ...
Using outdated newspaper vending boxes, the opioid awareness group Micah’s Hugs is installing free naloxone distribution ...
More than 25 people were hospitalized over suspected overdoses in the Penn North neighborhood of Baltimore Thursday, leading ...
When it comes to the fentanyl crisis, the Seattle Public Library is pairing education with action by offering from naloxone ...
Several public health groups unveiled a new vending machine Monday in the Jackson Medical Mall, where people can pick up free ...
Rep. Kate Donaghue has a trick for always ensuring naloxone is on hand and ready to deploy if she encounters someone ...
Massachusetts experienced a more than 36 percent decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2024, the state Substance ...
Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to ...
Governor Shapiro signed a bill allowing EMS workers to leave Narcan at overdose scenes to help prevent future emergencies.
Provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate a nearly 33% drop in predicted overdose deaths in Massachusetts.
Vending machines throughout Denver have distributed more than 1,800 free boxes of the overdose reversal medication naloxone since they debuted in April.