OVERDOSE NEWS BULLETIN
News from Across the Commonwealth and the Nation
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(Washington)...Temple, 33, decided to be one of the first two people in Washington County to try the Vivitrol Plus Program, a combination of medicine and treatment. Vivitrol is the trade name for a naltrexone, or “opioid antagonist,” that counters the high one typically experiences from ingesting opioids...
(DelcoTimes)
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(Philadelphia) A new analysis of overdose deaths and where they occurred in Philadelphia over the last decade shows that although the Kensington area is by far the hardest hit, few corners of the city are untouched by an opioid crisis...
(Philly)
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(Lycoming)...“Drug court taught me to be a grown up, to be accountable, to be a man,” Fredericks said. “It’s one thing to be clean and not use, it’s another to change your life and change the person that you are. That’s what drug court helped me do.”...
(Sun Gazette)
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(Erie)...A lawsuit filed Monday in Erie County Common Pleas Court claims that several companies deceptively, fraudulently and unfairly marketed and distributed prescription painkillers to residents of Erie County...
(GoErie)
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(Philadelphia) Fifteen people in West Philadelphia overdosed over the weekend on, what experts worry, could be crack cocaine laced with fentanyl or some other opioid...
(NBC10)
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(Statewide)
The Independence Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation) today announced the launch of "Someone You Know," a multimedia campaign focused on reducing the stigma of opioid misuse and inspiring hope in people seeking help with addiction and recovery.
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(PR Newswire)
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(Greene)...Greene County residents should see a finalized version of the overdose task force’s strategic plan by the start of August, at which point members say they’ll be ready to hit the ground running to implement it. Monday night’s session was the fifth meeting of Greene County’s reformed overdose task force and the second one that was public...
(Observer-Reporter)
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(Lycoming) Education, access to treatment, prevention, community awareness, agency coordination, harm reduction and elimination of stigma are the top priorities for the Lycoming County Substance Abuse Coalition in fighting opiate addiction over the next three years, the coalition announced Friday in its first public appearance...
(Sun Gazette)
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(National) The House on Friday voted 396 to 14 to send the Senate more than 50 bills aimed at tackling the opioid crisis, which is claiming more than 115 lives each day in the U.S...
(CBS News)
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(Illinois) Elk Grove Village will become one of the few towns in America to put overdose-reversing medication in public places, a key step in what Mayor Craig Johnson said will be a wide-ranging strategy to battle the opioid epidemic...
(Chicago Tribune)
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(Minnesota)...That fentanyl wave is breaking in Minnesota, and other nearby states, according to public health experts. The number of overdose deaths attributed to fentanyl last year in Minnesota jumped more than 70 percent from the year before...
(MPRNews)
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(National) Cigna, a major health insurer, said Thursday it will partner with employers, doctors and pharmacists in a bid to slash the number of opioid overdoses among its customers by 25 percent by the end of 2021...
(Washington Post)
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(National) Federal, state, and local officials discussed efforts to disrupt the flow of illegal opioids into communities and to break up criminal networks during a field hearing held on Tuesday in Harrisburg, Pa...
(Homeland Prep News)
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(National)...Nationwide, several health agencies are working to collect more information about overdoses and deaths, including one that sends researchers directly into the communities stricken by opioid abuse. This in-the-field research is part of the Heroin in Transition study, led by Ciccarone...
(University of California)
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(National) Adults who survive an opioid overdose face heightened risks of dying in the year following an OD. Not just from a subsequent OD, but from a wide range of diseases, mental health and medical conditions associated with substance use, according to a study out Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry...
(Daily News)
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(Rhode Island) The State of Rhode Island recognized 25 cities and towns for their leadership in developing comprehensive overdose prevention response plans...
(GoLocal)
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(Regional) Opioid overdose rates are rising rapidly in rural counties, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy...
(NHPR)
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(Massachusetts) More than 115 Americans are dying every day from an opioid overdose. But a study out Monday finds that just three in 10 patients revived by an EMT or in an emergency room received the follow-up medication known to avoid another life-threatening event...
(NPR)
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(Ohio) A hard-hit Ohio county that has expanded availability of naloxone during the opioid epidemic has been experiencing a decline in its overdose death toll...
(Washington Post)
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(National) Ever since a police officer in eastern Ohio reportedly overdosed after brushing powdered fentanyl off his shirt following a traffic stop in 2017, law-enforcement officers across the state have been on high alert...
(Columbus Dispatch)
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(National)...Drug-sniffing dogs sent out to look for opioids are overdosing themselves, according to veterinarian and law enforcement officials who are trying to figure out ways to save them. While law enforcement officials are trained to help users who overdose, for a long time they didn’t know how to detect the symptoms in the dogs they use to locate the drugs...
(Fox News)
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(National)...The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration said Friday it is accepting applications from states and territories to score a portion of the $930 million in state opioid response grants for their opioid prevention and treatment initiatives...
(Modern Healthcare)
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(Canada) In its first year of operation, British Columbia’s overdose Mobile Response Team (MRT) has provided critical incident support and training to more than 6,000 people who work on the front lines of the province’s overdose crisis...
(Optimist)
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