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Substance Abuse Greatly Raises Odds of Heart Attack, Stroke During Pregnancy
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 21, 2023
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Substance abuse and pregnancy may be a dangerous combination.
New research finds that pregnant women with a history of substance abuse had a dramatically increased risk of death from heart attack and stroke during childbirth compared to women with no drug history.
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New Opioids Are Joining the Illicit Drug Supply, and They're More Potent Than Fentanyl
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- September 5, 2023
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In recent years, the opioid epidemic has been worsened by the advent of street fentanyl, an illicit version of a powerful prescription painkiller.
But experts now warn that the threat posed by fentanyl may ultimately pale in comparison to the emergence of an even more da...
Getting Anti-Addiction Meds to Prisoners Can Cut Overdose Deaths
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- April 18, 2023
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Offering medications for opioid use disorder to prisoners could mean fewer overdose deaths later, new research suggests.
"Offering medications for opioid addiction for incarcerated individuals saves lives. Specifically, offering all three medications -- buprenorphine, m...
J&J Finalizes $26 Billion Opioid Settlement
- February 28, 2022
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Settlements totaling $26 billion have been finalized between drugmaker Johnson & Johnson plus three major pharmaceutical distributors and state and local governments, over the companies' role in America's
People High on Pot Used a Driving Simulator. Here's What Happened
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 1, 2022
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You smoked a joint an hour and a half ago. Now it's worn off enough that you feel fine to get behind the wheel.
But you're fooling yourself, a new study says. You're likely about to drive under the
ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction
- Cara Murez
- December 29, 2021
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A program meant to encourage the use of a drug that can help people overcome opioid addiction led to dramatic increases in its use in emergency rooms, researchers report.
NYC's Overdose Prevention Centers Already Saving Lives
- Robert Preidt
- December 22, 2021
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At least 59 overdoses were prevented in the first three weeks that two overdose prevention centers have been open in New York City, the city's health department said Tuesday.
During that time, there were more than 2,000 visits to the centers that are operated by OnPoint ...
Did Pandemic Lockdowns Worsen the Epidemic of Opioid Abuse?
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- December 14, 2021
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Pandemic lockdowns may have led fewer Americans to seek pain treatment last year, but folks who did seek help had higher-than-usual odds of receiving dangerous opioid painkillers, a new study says.
And that could lead to a worsening of the opioid epidemic, researchers su...
Oklahoma Supreme Courts Overturns $465 Million J & J Opioid Ruling
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
- November 10, 2021
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A previous court ruling that ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay Oklahoma $465 million for the company's role in the opioid epidemic was tossed out by the state's highest court on Tuesday.
In a 5-1 vote, the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected the state's argument that Johnson ...
California Judge Sides With Drug Companies in Opioid Lawsuit
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
- November 3, 2021
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A California judge has ruled against local governments that sued drug companies for billions of dollars to recover their costs of dealing with the opioid epidemic.
In a tentative ruling issued Monday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson rejected the plaintiff...
Scientists Develop Quick Test for Marijuana Use
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- October 22, 2021
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Researchers may be one step closer to developing the equivalent of a Breathalyzer for detecting marijuana use.
In an early study, scientists found that their rapid test was able to reliably detect THC in people's saliva in under 5 minutes. THC, short for tetrahydrocannab...
CDC Reports Record High 12-Month Drug Overdose Death Toll
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
- October 14, 2021
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Drug overdose deaths in the United States hit a new record for the 12-month period ending March 2021, new government data shows.
A record high 96,779 drug overdose deaths occurred between March 2020 and March 2021, representing a 29.6% rise, new statistics from the U.S....
U.S. Meth Overdose Deaths Tripled in Recent Years
- Steven Reinberg
- September 23, 2021
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Deaths from methamphetamine overdoses in the United States nearly tripled between 2015 and 2019, health officials report in a new study.
While the number of methamphetamine users did not increase as steeply, researchers said frequent use of methamphetamine, and using oth...
Animal Sedative Is Driving Rise in Fatal Drug ODs
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- September 21, 2021
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An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States, health officials say.
According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, xylazine has turned up in overdose deaths in 25 of 38 stat...
Fatal Opioid ODs Keep Rising in Black Americans
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 13, 2021
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The decades-long U.S. opioid epidemic could be hitting Black people harder than white folks as the crisis enters a new phase.
Opioid overdose death rates among Black Americans jumped nearly 40% from 2018 to 2019 in four states hammered by the epidemic, researchers found....
Fatal ODs From Illicit Tranquilizers Jumped 6-Fold During Pandemic
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 26, 2021
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Overdose deaths linked to illicit "designer" benzodiazepines have surged in the United States, as underground labs crank out new synthetic variations on prescription tranquilizers like Valium, Xanax and Ativan.
Overdose deaths involving illicit benzos increased more than...
Rising Number of U.S. Cardiac Arrests Tied to Opioid Abuse
- Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporters
- August 23, 2021
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There's been a sharp rise in opioid-related cardiac arrests in the United States and they now equal those associated with other prime causes, a new study finds.
Of more than 1.4 million cardiac arrest hospitalizations nationwide between 2012 and 2018, more than 43,000 (3...