opioids
More doctors can prescribe a leading addiction treatment. Why aren’t more people getting help?
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Rachel Carter
It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an obstacle last ...
Narcan now available in vending machine at Edgecombe County jail
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Rachel Carter
TARBORO, N.C. — Edgecombe Couty’s first naloxone, or Narcan, vending machine went online recently at the jail in Tarboro. Deputies, jail employees ...
More people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, US study finds
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Rachel Carter
NEW YORK (AP) — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new ...
Teen drug overdoses hit record high, driven primarily by fentanyl poisoning, says new report
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Rachel Carter
News By Bryan Llenas, Fox News Published Jan. 12, 2024, 5:44 p.m. ET A record number of high school teens died of drug ...
The Opioid Crisis Is Crossing Over to Something Darker
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Rachel Carter
The opioid epidemic has become an uphill battle with the rise of fentanyl on the streets, but experts are seeing an ...
