“During the past three years, our community ... the North County saw 70 fentanyl overdose deaths in 2022 but 46 in 2023. South County fentanyl deaths doubled from 33 in 2021 to 66 in 2023.
Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose ... Deaths related to psychostimulant use have more than doubled in California over just three years ...
Overdose deaths have more than doubled since 2017 ... Opioid drug overdoses hit the U.S. in three deadly waves, each a consequence of the one before it. Prescription painkillers became a leading ...
The number of suicides among US college student athletes has doubled over the past ... calculated that there were nine deaths every two years in male athletes; three deaths every two years in ...
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
Alberta's toxic drug death toll has been blamed on a worsening "addiction crisis" and “soaring addiction rates for opioids ...
In fact, buprenorphine prescriptions for adolescents were declining as overdose deaths for 10- to 19-year-olds more than doubled ... two or three years ago," Julie said. "Would it have changed ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends offering buprenorphine to teens addicted to opioids. But only 6% of pediatricians report ever doing so.
Nearly 25% of recent overdose deaths among 10- to 19-year-olds were ... “Oh my gosh, I would have been having Sam here, like, two or three years ago,” Julie said. “Would it have changed ...
In a twisted, deadly development, drug use among adolescents has declined — but drug-associated deaths are up. The main culprits are fake Xanax, Adderall, or Percocet pills laced with the powerful ...
According to the premier, deaths ... years after being drafted by Nashville, the Predators centre is facing off against the Canucks during the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in his career ...