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San Diego Deploying Free Narcan Vending Machines to Help Combat Opioid Epidemic
San Diego County could soon have a new weapon in its arsenal to help fight its growing problem with opioid addiction.
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Implant May Help Patients Relieve Pain Without Drugs
Researchers are testing an implant that could one day offer an alternative to addictive pain relief medications. News4’s Doreen Gentzler explains how it works.
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Police Find Fentanyl-Laced Pills in Fire Extinguishers
Prince William County Police found 20,000 fentanyl-laced pills hidden in fire extinguishers. A suspect has been charged.
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Northern Virginia Police Seize 20K Pills Found in Fire Extinguisher
Authorities in Prince William County, Virginia, say they discovered more than 20,000 counterfeit pills inside a fire extinguisher while searching the car of a suspect drug dealer. Officers stopped the suspect recently and found the pills, which are believed to be counterfeit Percocet pills laced with fentanyl, police said. They also found suspected crack cocaine and cash, according to police….
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Report: Drug Overdose Deaths Up Again in Virginia in 2021
The number of Virginia drug overdose deaths rose again in 2021, setting a record for a second year in a row.
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Record Number of Americans Died of Overdose Deaths in 2021, CDC Says
The Centers for Disease Control revealed Wednesday that the U.S. set a grim record in 2021 with 107,000 overdose deaths.
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More Than 107,000 Americans Died of an Overdose Last Year, Setting New Record
The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one U.S. overdose death every 5 minutes.
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Memorial Remembers Those Lost to Opioid Epidemic
The visual representation is displayed on the National Mall. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Biden Drug Control Plan Stresses Harm Reduction, Treatment
President Joe Biden is sending his administration’s first national drug control strategy to Congress
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Can This Pharmacy Chain Be Found Responsible For the Opioid Crisis?
State attorneys in Florida say pharmacy chain Walgreens ignored red flags that signaled the pharmacies were contributing to the opioid crisis. Walgreens stores in the Tampa area had abnormally high numbers of opioid prescriptions and pills distributed, prosecutors say. Walgreens attorneys say the company was misled by pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma about the potency of the drugs.
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Treatment for Opioid Addiction Often Brings Discrimination
There often is a serious downside for people taking medications that have a long track record of helping treat opioid addiction: discrimination
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States Look for Solutions as US Fentanyl Deaths Keep Rising
With fentanyl driving fatal overdoses to record levels in the U.S., state governments are scrambling for solutions
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Narcan Kits Available for Free Delivery in DC
D.C. residents and businesses can now get free Narcan kits delivered. News4’s Mark Segraves reports it’s part of an effort to prevent further opioid overdose deaths.
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How to Get a Free Narcan Kit Delivered in DC
D.C. will deliver free Narcan kits to residents and businesses — and show people how to use the drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
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Drug Overdoses Are Costing the U.S. Economy $1 Trillion a Year, Government Report Estimates
U.S. government officials said synthetic opioids are akin to “a slow-motion weapon of mass destruction.”
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Native American Tribes Reach $590 Million Opioid Settlement
Native American tribes have reached opioid settlements worth over a half-billion dollars with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three distributors
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3 Opioid Deaths in SW DC Lead Officials to Warn of ‘Lethal Batch'
D.C. officials are warning the public about a “lethal batch” of opioids after three people died and several others had medical emergencies Friday in the Navy Yard area of Southwest.
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New York Jury Holds Drugmaker Teva Liable in Opioid Crisis
A jury has held Teva Pharmaceuticals responsible for contributing to the opioid crisis
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‘He Left Me Too Soon': As COVID Fueled the Drug Crisis, Native Americans Hit Worst
As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%, surpassing 100,000 dead for the first time in American history.
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Judge Rejects Purdue Pharma's Sweeping Opioid Settlement
A federal judge has rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s sweeping deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids.