Posts Tagged ‘drug overdose’
'Epipen for Addicts' Proposed to Fight Prescription Drug Overdoses
'Epipen for addicts' proposed to fight prescription drug overdoses
High-ranking medical officials, police and educators are preparing to unveil new guidelines in Hamilton to curb prescription drug misuse, including the proposed use of a type of “Epipen for addicts" called prophylactic Naloxone. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Mindfulness in Policing: Hillsboro Cops Forge Revolutionary Path With …
Mindfulness in policing: Hillsboro cops forge revolutionary path with …
… is the first step in mitigating that,” he said. “The awareness of your emotions causes you to pause and make better decisions, which is pretty critical when you think about the kind of work we do.” … See the same child being abused. Watch the …
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Poverty and Income Inequality
My humble observation is that most long-term poverty is caused by self-sabotage by individuals. Drug use. Drunkenness. Having children without a family structure. Gambling. Poor work habits. Disastrously unfortunate appearance. Above all, and counted …
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National Safety Council releases report on top injury causes
The CDC points to “a growing, deadly epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse,” with three out of four prescription drug overdoses caused by painkillers, also called opioid pain relievers. More than three out of four people who misuse these …
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FDA Approves Device to Combat Opioid Drug Overdose
FDA approves device to combat opioid drug overdose
Family members or caregivers could administer emergency medication outside a hospital setting. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Youths Attend Drug Abuse Forum – Pueblo Chieftain
Youths attend drug abuse forum – Pueblo Chieftain
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Youths attend drug abuse forum
Pueblo Chieftain Jonathan Judge, program director with Rise Above Colorado, handled much of the presentation and presented the children with some startling statistics regarding prescription drug abuse. He said nearly 30 percent of Colorado's 12th-graders have taken a … |
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FDA approves device to combat opioid drug overdose – Washington Post
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FDA approves device to combat opioid drug overdose
Washington Post “Overdose and death resulting from misuse and abuse of both prescription and illicit opioids has become a major public health concern in the United States,” Bob Rappaport, director of the FDA's division of anesthesia, analgesia and addiction products … FDA Expands Access to Overdose Antidote to Stem Opiate Addiction Epidemic FDA approves easy-to-use heroin overdose antidote US OKs overdose treatment to fight spike in painkiller deaths |
Seminar About Prescription-Drug and Heroin Abuse Scheduled: North Royalton Morning Update
Seminar about prescription-drug and heroin abuse scheduled: North Royalton Morning Update
Partnership for a Healthy North Royalton will present a seminar on prescription-drug and heroin abuse April 22 at the Broadview Heights Recreation Department. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
FDA approves new hand-held auto-injector to reverse opioid overdose
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a prescription treatment that can be used by family or caregivers to treat a person known or suspected to have had an opioid overdose. Evzio (naloxone hydrochloride injection) rapidly delivers a single dose of the drug naloxone via a hand-held auto-injector that can be carried in a pocket or stored in a medicine chest. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
FDA approves device to combat opioid drug overdose
Family members or caregivers could administer emergency medication outside a hospital setting. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
In Our Neighborhoods: Drug Overdoses Soaring; Response Should Equal Problem
In Our Neighborhoods: Drug overdoses soaring; response should equal problem
Late in the 1970s, I worked for a non-profit group in Washington, D.C. When I announced that I was pregnant with my first child, my boss said something like, “Enjoy your last few months of solid sleep, because you will never sleep the same way again …
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To New Bethany and back: One woman's journey to report the man she says …
They had been emailing and messaging for months about this trip, about trying in whatever way they could to support Halter in her quest to make a police report about the abuse she says she suffered at New Bethany. New Bethany School For … Besides …
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