Tag: naloxone

California Lawmaker Seeks to Make Drug Overdose Antidote More Accessible

May 9, 2022
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State Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland) has introduced a proposal that would create a pilot program to teach participants—such as mothers, fathers, and friends, for example—how to administer the lifesaving treatment naloxone during an opioid overdose. “The loved ones of those who have fallen to fentanyl want to know we are doing all we can to…

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Fentanyl Crisis in America a ‘God-Size’ Hole in Need of an Aggressive Solution

March 15, 2022
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GOODYEAR, Ariz.—Mitch and Josephine Dunn of Arizona believe their beautiful daughter, Ashley Marie, didn’t just die of an overdose on May 26, 2021. They say she was murdered.  And the lethal weapon that took her 26-year-old life was fentanyl. “She was poisoned,” said Josephine, the anger in her voice building. “These drug dealers are no…

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Illicit Drugs in BC Cause More Deaths Than All Other Unnatural Deaths Combined: Chief Coroner

February 10, 2022
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Toxic illegal drugs in British Columbia are causing more deaths annually than all other unnatural causes of death combined according to the province’s chief coroner.  Speaking at a press conference on Feb. 9, Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said at least 2,224 people died from illicit drug overdoses in 2021—a 26 percent rise over the previous…

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