Tag: overdose crisis

    CDC: Overdose Deaths Now Down 24 Percent, Back to Pre-Pandemic Crisis

    An estimated 86,882 people in the United States died of overdose between October 2023 ...

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    Kastalia Medrano
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    “It’s Very Real”—Harm Reduction Research Facing DOGE Funding Cuts

    As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) take a chainsaw to federal ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman
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    A White House Invite for OD Prevention… Then They Shut Me Out 

    I have been homeless. I have been addicted to heroin. I have spent a ...

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    William Perry
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    Socialist Presidential Candidate Talks Harm Reduction and the Drug War

    On a sunny day in Milwaukee, I drove downtown to interview a presidential candidate. ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman
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    Overdose Deaths Suddenly Dropped, Per Data That’s Always Been Kinda Iffy

    Between April 2023 and April 2024, drug-related deaths across the country appear to have ...

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    Kastalia Medrano
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    CDC: Overdose Deaths Leveled Off in 2022, Still Setting New Record

    The United States recorded 107,941 drug overdose deaths in 2022, according to final data ...

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    Kastalia Medrano
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