U.S. overdose deaths fell 27% in 2024, a new 1-year record
An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday, a 27 per cent drop from 2023.
#death #health #record #USNews #DrugOverdose #OVERDOSEDEATHS
https://globalnews.ca/news/11180067/us-overdose-deaths-2024-1-year-record/

U.S. overdose deaths fell 27% in 2024, a new 1-year record
An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday, a 27 per cent drop from 2023.
#death #health #record #USNews #DrugOverdose #OVERDOSEDEATHS
https://globalnews.ca/news/11180067/us-overdose-deaths-2024-1-year-record/

A discussion I recorded some months ago about the incredibly important safe consumption sites.. the Ontario governments plan to shut them down is a humanitarian disaster and people will die because of it.

https://youtu.be/i_z1_k7ki5o

#opoidcrisis #safeconsumption #harmreduction #ottawa #vancouver #onpoli #dougford #canpoli #overdosedeaths

‘Something has to change’: Mother fights for better addiction care after son’s death
A Nova Scotia woman whose son died from a drug overdose says the province's health-care system failed him, and is calling for better mental health and addiction support.
#globalnews #Health #CodeCriticalNS #NSHealth #OVERDOSEDEATHS
https://globalnews.ca/news/10403037/code-critical-nova-scotia-drug-overdose-death/

‘Something has to change’: Mother fights for better addiction care after son’s death
A Nova Scotia woman whose son died from a drug overdose says the province's health-care system failed him, and is calling for better mental health and addiction support.
#globalnews #Health #CodeCriticalNS #NSHealth #OVERDOSEDEATHS
https://globalnews.ca/news/10403037/code-critical-nova-scotia-drug-overdose-death/

‘Something has to change’: Mother fights for better addiction care after son’s death
A Nova Scotia woman whose son died from a drug overdose says the province's health-care system failed him, and is calling for better mental health and addiction support.
#globalnews #Health #CodeCriticalNS #NSHealth #OVERDOSEDEATHS
https://globalnews.ca/news/10403037/code-critical-nova-scotia-drug-overdose-death/

Community drug alert issued for Waterloo Region
After six overdose-related deaths in 12 days, the Waterloo Region Integrated Drug Strategy issued a community drug alert for the area.
#globalnews #Canada #KitchenerWaterloonews #Opioids #OVERDOSEDEATHS
https://globalnews.ca/news/10244336/community-drug-alert-issued-for-waterloo-region/

Community drug alert issued for Waterloo Region
After six overdose-related deaths in 12 days, the Waterloo Region Integrated Drug Strategy issued a community drug alert for the area.
#globalnews #Canada #KitchenerWaterloonews #Opioids #OVERDOSEDEATHS
https://globalnews.ca/news/10244336/community-drug-alert-issued-for-waterloo-region/

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1000s of Canadian drug users dying as government red tape limits help
Most overdoses in Canada involve smoking, but system remains focused on injection
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/safe-inhalation-sites-canada-1.6903281

[report] Opioid- & Stimulant-related Harms in Canada (June 2023)
https://health-infobase.canada.ca/substance-related-harms/opioids-stimulants
https://health-infobase.canada.ca/substance-related-harms/opioids-stimulants/maps

In 2022 >7,300 Canadians died of apparent opioid overdoses;
87% of those deaths occurred in British Columbia, Alberta & Ontario.

#Canada #addiction #opioid #PublicHealth #OverdoseDeaths

North Vancouver paramedic remembered for volunteer patrols to reverse overdoses in Downtown Eastside
Ryan Vena helped save many lives as he navigated his own recovery from addiction

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ryan-vena-remembered-for-life-saving-work-1.6880471

1200s if not 1000s of people in British Columbia are alive & well today thanks to Ryan Vena, as loved ones mourn the death of a man who took it upon himself to respond to overdoses in the Downtown Eastside years before he became a paramedic.

#Vancouver #DTES #hero #OverdoseDeaths #RyanVena

Referenced link: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-medications-opioid-addiction-incarcerated-individuals.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-medications-opioid-addiction-incarcerated-individuals.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/medical_xpress/status/1646917497340190732#m

RT by @physorg_com: Offering medications for #opioidaddiction to incarcerated individuals leads to decrease in #overdosedeaths, study shows @The_BMC @jamanetworkopen https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2803897 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-medications-opioid-addiction-incarcerated-individuals.html

How #xylazine increases overdose risk, and why #Narcan can still save a life. Xylazine, commonly referred to as tranq, is a drug adulterant – a substance intentionally added to a drug product to enhance its effects.
#opioidcrisis #tranq #overdosedeaths
https://theconversation.com/what-is-xylazine-a-medical-toxicologist-explains-how-it-increases-overdose-risk-and-why-narcan-can-still-save-a-life-199482?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

Global News BC: Growing concern as animal tranquilizer xylazine makes its way into B.C. drug supply https://globalnews.ca/news/9569187/xylazine-b-c-drug-warning-tranquilizer/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #animaltranquilizer #xylazineoverdose #xylazinewarning #OverdoseCrisis #OVERDOSEDEATHS #xylazinedeath #OpioidCrisis #toxicdrugs #Fentanyl #Overdose #Xylazine #Health #Crime #Drugs

Global News BC: Almost 7 lives lost from toxic drugs a day as B.C. overdose deaths surpass 200 for January https://globalnews.ca/news/9534100/b-c-overdose-january/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #overdosedeathstoxicdrugs #BCpublichealthemergency #bctoxicdrugcrisis #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugsupply #OVERDOSEDEATHS #toxicdrugs #Politics #Canada #Health

#overdose #overdosedeaths #overdoseawareness

Global News BC: 2,300 British Columbians died from toxic drug supply in 2022 https://globalnews.ca/news/9448976/british-columbia-toxic-drug-deaths-2022/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #decriminalization #DrugdeathsinBC #OVERDOSEDEATHS #Illicitdrugs #drugdeaths #toxicdrugs #Overdoses #Health

Men who took classes in high school that prepared them for blue-collar occupations where jobs and wages later shrank have an increased risk of overdose death in adulthood.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35164593

#NICHDImpact #BlueCollar #SES #OverdoseDeaths #Overdose #Income #Class