Tracking the OD Epidemic
“These (victims) just crumple and collapse. Frequently they don't even inject the full syringe…"
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Overdose Madness
By the way, if you were wondering whether the issue will be co-opted into the ongoing partisan political debate, the answer is: oh, hell yes.
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Death of a True Believer
She probably felt Adderall didn’t count because it was prescribed. A common mistake.
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Undercounting– Again
And like the opioid epidemic, the virus disproportionately harmed the disadvantaged and minorities among us.
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Medicaid Expands – Finally
If you work in public health, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Now when people in need show up, whether it’s at the clinic, in the ER, or in the hospital, there are funds to help defray the cost.
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Undercounted
Typically, the researchers report, an undercounted fatality would be a white female between the ages of 30 and 60.
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Old Diseases Made New
When we fail to provide adequate treatment for substance disorders, we pay a price in terms of overall public health.
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Fentanyl Goes West
It’s Business 101, for illegal as well as legal enterprises.
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Vaping Disease
We already know there’s a strong business link between vaping and Big Tobacco.
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Word of Warning
Cannabis doesn’t replace opioids the way methadone or buprenorphine do. There’s no antagonist effect as with naloxone or naltrexone.
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Stimulants Today
The list of deaths from the practice is long and oddly prestigious, featuring celebs such as John Belushi and Chris Farley, among many others.
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Big City Opioids
Now, with the introduction of fentanyl and carfentanil, the decision to inject heroin or cocaine can easily result in a fatality.
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Synergism Strikes
Then there are the users who seek to overcome their own elevated tolerance, which interferes with ordinary drug-taking, by simultaneously consuming a second substance of the same general effect
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