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Maine Drug Overdose Deaths Fall 17% Early in 2026
Maine’s drug overdose deaths continue to decline as 2026 progresses. The drop shows that wider access to naloxone and treatment in The Pine Tree State has kept more people alive. Local Narcotics Anonymous chapters and other grassroots efforts have also played roles in keeping the numbers down. The Opioid Crisis in Maine Opioids such as …
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Illinois Opioid Overdose Deaths Fall 36 Percent
Illinois recorded a major decline in opioid overdose deaths, a hopeful sign for people affected by opioid addiction and the families supporting them. Opioid-related deaths in the Land of Lincoln fell 36% from 2023 to 2024, partly due to the wide range of programs, from inpatient treatment centers to local Narcotics Anonymous groups. As reported …
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Florida Puts Over $3 Billion Toward Opioid Treatment and Recovery
Florida is among the states putting the most opioid settlement money to work against opioid addiction. The Sunshine State already features a wide range of care, from treatment and recovery programs to local grassroots Narcotics Anonymous chapters for community members. The incoming $3 billion, dispersed over the coming years, will greatly build up these services. …
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FDA Partnership with Guam Targets Tainted Drugs Bound for US Mainland
The opioid crisis is usually fought at the bedside and in the community, but it’s also fought along the trade routes that drugs travel. A partnership between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and authorities in Guam intercepts fraudulent, misbranded and adulterated products, including opioids, as they move through the Pacific toward the U.S. …
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Opioid Use Linked to Bladder and Other Cancers in Study
Commonly prescribed opioid painkiller use may be linked to several cancers, including bladder cancer, according to a large new study. Mahdi Sheikh of the International Agency for Research on Cancer led a research team that found a potential new dimension to long-standing concerns about opioid use. Using data from the UK Biobank, Sheikh’s researchers learned …
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Opioid Use May Shrink the Brain’s Memory Center Study Says
A new brain-imaging study adds to what researchers understand about how opioid addiction can affect the body. This time, findings point to the brain’s memory center. People with opioid use disorder had measurably smaller hippocampal volumes than people without it, and the difference was concentrated in one specific part of the structure. The study was …
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World Drug Day Urges Sharing Facts to Save Lives
Every June 26, World Drug Day puts a simple idea at the center of the conversation about opioid addiction and drug use: accurate information saves lives. For people at risk of a drug overdose, the day is a reminder for them and their families that good facts from reliable sources are part of how recovery …
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Study Finds Opioids May Not Ease Long-Term Pain
A major new analysis is reshaping how doctors and patients think about opioids for long-term pain, and the findings matter for anyone worried about opioid addiction. One of the most comprehensive assessments to date concluded that for many common conditions, opioids may not actually help and often provide no meaningful benefit over a placebo. However, …
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Families Walk Nationwide to Prevent Fentanyl Deaths
The fentanyl crisis has touched countless families, and a growing national movement is channeling that grief into awareness and action to prevent future deaths. Walk for Lives, organized by United Against Fentanyl, now has chapters in cities across the country to give people affected by the opioid crisis a way to show up for one …
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Spokane Sees 344 Overdose Deaths but One Survivor Gives Back
Spokane County has lost a local resident to an overdose nearly every day for two years running. The number of deaths is driven by the fentanyl that now dominates the local drug supply. Against that backdrop, one woman who survived a fentanyl overdose is showing what opioid addiction recovery can look like and why access …
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