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On Tuesday, a man who had just been booked into the Walker County Jail experienced a drug overdose. A corrections officer quickly intervened and administered Narcan, saving the man's life. "The health ...
Tompkins County, N.Y. — A student in Tompkins County had to be given lifesaving Narcan in school after inhaling a vape the ...
Ryan Hogan from the Luzerne/Wyoming Counties Drug and Alcohol Program stopped by PA Live! to talk about Narcan and its proper uses. Hogan says if you administer Narcan, the next ...
An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
A weeks-long coroner’s inquest into the 2024 overdose death of UVic student Sidney McIntyre-Starko wrapped up on Thursday, ...
Drug overdoses continue to be one of the top causes of death at music festivals. That’s why Victoria’s Voice is trying to combat the crisis.
Local health departments say more widely available Narcan saves lives of people suffering opioid overdoses: ‘People do recover.' ...
Medetomidine is more potent than xylazine, another animal anesthetic that began appearing years ago in the opioid supply.
Overdose deaths decreased by 27% last year, according to data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released this ...
"An overdose is an overdose, no matter who it is. It shouldn't have generation, color, nothing should matter... All we should care about is having the medicines to take care ...
The proposals could impact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the Department of ...
A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to ...