"As Florida works to prevent fentanyl overdose deaths, the biggest concern is the potent drug being mixed with cocaine, heroin and pills — NOT marijuana, said Andrae Bailey, founder and CEO of Project Opioid, an Orlando-based advocacy group." www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/29/a...
“I am not aware of any definitive finding related to marijuana fortified with fentanyl,” a UF toxicologist says.
www.bmj.com/content/386/... Opioid crisis: Fall in US overdose deaths Interesting No obvious explanation Xylazine theory was interesting
Data published this month by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms a trend, already reported anecdotally by emergency department staff across the country, that deaths from d...
@washingtonpost: There have been about a quarter fewer opioid-related overdose deaths in D.C. in the first half of this year, and new data suggests the crisis may be slowing.
Strong memory of lying on the floor having to manually breathe for hours. Don’t think anybody I knew had heard of Naloxone. This was before the opioid epidemic. Puts things in perspective thinking of a friend that a few years before then OD’d immediately after being in rehab. Opioids are evil
D.C. opioid deaths are down significantly for the first time since fentanyl overwhelmed the drug supply in 2018, recent data shows, but officials are wary of declaring victory against the crisis.
There have been about a quarter fewer opioid-related overdose deaths in D.C. in the first half of this year, and new data suggests the crisis may be slowing.
“Today, over 300,000 kids under 18 are estimated to have an opioid-use disorder.” #PublucHealth#PharmSky#MedSky#HealthPolicy#PedSky
This isn't just a story of two teens who fucked up. It's really a tale of how so many systems and safety nets are still wildly ill-equipped to think about teen drug use beyond the punitive, paternalistic traditions born during the Reagan era.
Police knew she was selling fake Percocet but did not stop her. His mother sought the right treatment for his addiction but could not find it. Two teens got caught up in a system unprepared to handle ...
Bringing the same dedication he brought to resolving the opioid crisis.
I also really don't care for the opioid crisis storyline, it's bad enough that the show didn't really convince me that this new painkiller was bad because people in immense pain had to take a lot of it, the CGI bodies raining from the sky were so fake I laughed I'm sorry I can't take it seriously.
I did have to discuss with the doctor because of all the warnings not to take Cocodomol long term because Codeine is an opioid etc but thankfully I seem to have acclimatised to it/ am taking a low enough dose that I don’t seem to be getting any of the side effects