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Lafayette, Indiana Remembers Lives Lost to Opioid Overdose
An opioid overdose remembrance in Lafayette drew the mayors of both Lafayette and West Lafayette and officials to Columbian Park in late August. The Drug-Free Coalition of Tippecanoe County organized the Overdose Remembrance and Awareness Event to honor locals who died of overdose and support those in recovery. Community Events Sit Alongside Treatment Indiana features …
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Fentanyl Overdose Memorial Walk Draws Hundreds in Pacifica, California
Hundreds of folks gathered in Pacifica in California for the third annual HOPE Memorial Walk. This event is built around fentanyl awareness, overdose prevention and recovery. Participants carried photographs of people they had lost and walked together to share stories of grief and of recovery. To be sure, states like California have an abundance of …
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Arizona Cartel Terrorism Measure Goes Before Voters in November
Arizona voters will decide in November whether state law should call a drug cartel an organization that conducts terrorism. Even though The Grand Canyon State features a wide range of programs to assist locals, ranging from inpatient care to local Narcotics Anonymous chapters, the risk of opioid addiction remains great. However, the law in question, …
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Opioid Overdose Deaths Fell in 2024 but Gaps Stayed Wide
Opioid overdose deaths fell sharply in 2023 and 2024 especially those that involved fentanyl. A national study went a step further and showed that improvements didn’t reach everyone equally. In fact, disparities persisted along racial lines. The Study’s Results Researchers in The Golden State based at the University of California San Diego reviewed every recorded …
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8.6% of Overdose Survivors Die Within a Year of ER Visit
Surviving an opioid overdose may take you from death’s door but it isn’t the same as getting out of the danger zone. People who reach an ER after an overdose face an 8.6% risk of dying within the following year. Even worse, the opioid addiction med that can improve those odds reaches almost none of …
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Raytown, Missouri Naloxone Machine Sits in Overdose Hotspot
You know the saying “Location, location.” That goes for harm reduction as well. Jackson County Public Health in Missouri put its second free naloxone vending machine in Raytown specifically because it’s a hotspot for fatal overdoses. The move shows how the Show-Me State’s responds to the opioid crisis alongside Narcotics Anonymous chapters and clinical care. …
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Opioid Deaths Fall by Half in Berrien County, Michigan
Opioid addiction remains the main cause of overdose deaths in Berrien County, Michigan. But the county’s numbers have moved substantially in the right direction. Health officials recorded 46 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2022. New data shows the figure is half that. That decline matches statewide stats. The Wolverine State has an abundance of treatment programs …
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US Nitazene Deaths Rose From 27 to 409 in Four Years
Estonia spent more than a decade with the highest overdose death rate in Europe, then broke the back of its fentanyl market in 2017. What replaced it was worse. Nitazene overdose deaths now account for half of the country’s drug-related deaths, and the same class of synthetic opioids is spreading through the United States. The …
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Walmart Pays $50 Million to Settle Opioid Dispensing Case
Another chapter of opioid litigation closed on August 28. But for folks living with opioid addiction the practical question concerns potential changes at the pharmacy counter. The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a $50 million settlement with Walmart to resolve allegations that its pharmacies violated the Controlled Substances Act by illegally filling …
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Minnesota Teen’s Kratom Death Spurs Push for Regulation
Families across Minnesota’s Iron Range are confronting a substance that sits in plain sight on gas station counters. However, it’s not regulated like an opioid in The North Star State, even though doctors say it acts like one. Parker Martindale, a teenage boy from Cloquet, died from what his family says was a lethal amount …
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