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OVERDOSE NEWS BULLETIN
News from across the Commonwealth and the Nation
December 26, 2014 to January 2, 2015
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01-01-2015
-Naloxone
-Distribution
-Overview |
Overdose drug expected to have little impact in Franklin County
(Franklin) When a law passed legalizing the use of an opioid overdose reversal drug Naloxone by EMS, police agencies and family members of addicts, there was celebration across the state as proponents considered the move a huge win in the battle against the rising overdose problem...(Chambersburg Public Opinion)
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12-30-2014
-Heroin Abuse
-Review |
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12-30-2014
-Overdose
-Statistics |
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12-30-2014
-Naloxone
-Rescue
-Law Enforcement |
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12-29-2014
-Naloxone
-Donation
-Law Enforcement
-Op-Ed |
BlueCross steps up to prevent overdoses (YDR opinion)
(York) The story of how police officers in York County - and 20 other south-central Pennsylvania counties - will soon be equipped with a life-saving drug for heroin users includes an interesting contrast, with pharmaceutical companies profiting while an insurance company steps forward to help...(York Daily Review)
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12-28-2014
-Heroin Abuse
-Review |
No. 6 - Heroin in the Midstate
(Cumberland) According to Cumberland County Coroner Charley Hall, 2012 had 27 overdose deaths in which two were from heroin, but that number grew in 2013 to 14 heroin deaths of the 28 reported overdose deaths in the county. This year falls along the same as last with heroin deaths in the teens...(The Sentinel)
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12-27-2014
-Overdose
-Statistics |
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12-27-2014
-Overdose
-Overview
-Heroin
-Fentanyl |
In Southwestern Pennsylvania, Some Heroin Problems Persist
(Allegheny) We've been reporting on the resurgence of opiate abuse in the U.S. One of the saddest incidents occurred last February - a cluster of 22 overdose deaths in the Pittsburgh area from heroin spiked with the painkiller fentanyl...(Boise State Public Radio)
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12-27-2014
-Naloxone
-Donation
-Law Enforcement |
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01-02-2015
-Overdose
-Prevention
-Holiday Outreach
-Personal Story |
Taking it to Sudbury's streets
(Canada) Not everyone basks in the afterglow of a merry Christmas and a happy new year. As many as 10 people died of drug overdoses last year in Sudbury during the Christmas season...Lisa Toner, Kaela Pelland, and other staff and volunteers with Reseau ACCESS Network were determined to change those statistics this Christmas...(Sudbury Star)
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12-29-2014
-Overdose
-Prevention
-Review |
Best Moments for Overdose Prevention in 2014
As the year winds to a close, the media is spitting out 'Best of 2014' lists on fashion and political blunders as fast as people can think of them. Forgive me for adding to the fray, but 2014 has been a remarkable year for overdose prevention too and I think we deserve our own list of defining moments in 2014. The countdown starts now...(Huffington Post)
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01-02-2015
-Naloxone
-Distribution
-Law Enforcement |
OVPD first in state to carry drug to treat overdoses
(Delaware) A few weeks ago, if an Ocean View police officer arrived on the scene of a suspected drug overdose, they were unable to administer naloxone hydrochloride - more commonly known as Narcan - a drug that can counteract the effects of an overdose of opioid drugs, legal or otherwise...(Coastal Point)
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01-02-2015
-Prescription Abuse
-Overview |
On the Map: News About Pain Medications From All Over
Prescription drug-related deaths in Montana have declined since the state started requiring all doctors and pharmacists to report prescriptions for painkillers-from 300-plus deaths in 2010 and 2011 to 109 in 2013, according to the state Department of Public Health and Human Services...(Anesthesiology News)
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01-01-2015
-Prescription
-Monitoring
-Legislation |
Lawmakers look to curb prescription drug abuse
(Texas) State lawmakers looking for ways to combat prescription drug abuse are poised to propose that doctors be encouraged to use online databases identifying patients who "doctor shop" for medications, according to a published report Thursday...(The Tribune)
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01-01-2015
-Naloxone
-Distribution
-Public
-Project Lazarus |
Antidote offered in war on heroin
(New Jersey)...For two hours on the evening of Dec. 16, members of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, the Ocean County Opiate Task Force and Project Lazarus, a local nonprofit organization aimed at combating drug addiction, held a training session and gave away more than 30 Narcan kits to families with loved ones who are battling opiate addiction...(Sentinel)
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12-31-2014
-Heroin
-Fentanyl |
Fentantyl-Laced Heroin Deaths on the Rise Once Again
The potentially deadly practice of lacing heroin with the synthetic opioid analgesic fentanyl appears to have made a comeback, with almost 60 individuals dying because of fentanyl overdose in Philadelphia in the first half of 2014 alone...(Medscape)
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12-31-2014
-Heroin Abuse
-Community Event |
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12-31-2014
-Prescription Abuse
-Workgroup |
State workgroup seeks to curb prescription-drug deaths
(California) California state agencies are combining resources to prevent deaths and injuries from prescription painkiller misuse and overdose - and to alert health care providers, pharmacists and the public to the epidemic...(Sacramento Business Journal)
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12-31-2014
-Overdose
-Alert |
City warns of spike in heroin overdoses
(Massachusetts) Mayor Martin Walsh says that a spike in suspected overdoses from heroin and other opioids is cause for alarm in hard-hit neighborhoods, especially Dorchester, where a pre-Christmas rash of incidents prompted health officials to issue a public warning...(Dorchester Reporter)
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12-30-2014
-Overdose
-Legislation |
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12-29-2014
-Overdose
-Prevention
-Initiatives |
Overdose patients end up repeatedly in hospital
(Maryland) The state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced plans Monday to offer rehab services and drug education to these patients - many of whom are expected to wind up in the hospital again. Doctors could also prescribe patients with the drug naloxone, an overdose-reversing drug...(Baltimore Sun)
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12-29-2014
-Heroin Abuse
-Review |
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12-29-2014
-Painkiller
-Advocacy |
Groups unite against curbing painkillers
(Massachusetts) Not everyone cheered Massachusetts state senators this year when they tried to strike a blow against an epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse and overdose deaths. In some quarters, it was seen as an affront...(Boston Globe)
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12-29-2014
-Naloxone
-Training
-Public
-Personal Story |
Teaching Friends And Family How To Reverse A Drug Overdose
(New Jersey)...Graham-Farmer knew what to do that day because, as of 2012, the whole staff at the residential drug treatment program where she works has been trained to use Narcan, and to keep a rescue kit containing two doses of the drug close at hand...(North Country Public Radio)
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12-29-2014
-Naloxone
-Distribution
-Law Enforcement |
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12-28-2014
-Opioid Abuse
-Prevention
-Initiatives |
How suburban politicians fight heroin with forums, funding
(Illinois) Politicians have plenty to do in the fight against heroin. They're looking to legislate against over-prescription of pain pills, trying to regulate the supply of medications so they don't end up on the black market, working to increase access to treatment for those who fall under heroin's spell...(Daily Herald)
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12-27-2014
-Opioid Abuse
-Prevention
-Combat Heroin |
'Combat Heroin' Campaign steps up efforts
(New York) The next phase of New York's "Combat Heroin" Campaign is now underway. To reach an even broader audience, public service announcements will now begin airing in movie theaters across New York. Additionally, ten new "Real Story" videos have been posted to...(Chronicle Express)
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12-27-2014
-Prescription Abuse
-Prescribing |
Doctors Prescribing Fewer Opioids for Pain
Nine out of 10 primary care doctors say that prescription drug abuse is a problem in their communities, and nearly half say they are less likely to prescribe opioids for pain than they were a year ago, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...(PsychCentral)
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12-26-2014
-Drug Abuse
-Overview
-Personal Story |
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12-26-2014
-Heroin
-Fentanyl
-Op-Ed |
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