Monthly Archives: May 2019

ACR Health in Syracuse is trying to get more businesses to complete training on how to administer Narcan, to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. The training can help save lives, as one downtown business found out firsthand. Kevin Barker … Read More

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – An employee of TCGplayer revived a woman who overdosed in the company’s downtown Syracuse headquarters just three months after learning how to administer Narcan, the overdose reversal drug. Kevin Barker, the company’s safety officer, responded after the … Read More

GALVESTON, Texas – Using Medicare data, new findings from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston show for the first time that the rates of long term opiate therapy – a 90-day or more supply of opioids per year … Read More

Trenton – Acting to help counter the tragic number of overdose deaths fueled by the opioid epidemic, a Senate committee today approved a bill authored by Senator Joe Cryan that would allow public libraries to keep supplies of life-saving Narcan available. … Read More

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Local chiropractors are working to help veterans and military service members avoid a possible addiction.  HealthSource chiropractors are giving free exams this month to show veterans a way to relieve pain without a pill. New research from the American College … Read More

MADISON (WKOW) — A program to help combat the opioid crisis is marking just over a year helping women as they go through one of the most difficult times of their lives. Researchers with the National Institute on Drug Abuse … Read More

Too many people in Sadie Dupuis’ life have fallen victim to drug overdoses. The frontwoman for indie rock band Speedy Ortiz says she has regularly lost one friend each year – and sometimes as many as multiple friends in a month. The … Read More

Drug overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in Washington state, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine says opioid addiction is driving that epidemic. Michael Roberts and Kristin Bretthauer learned their daughter Amber was doing heroin just days … Read More

This week, the St. Clair County jail will start offering some inmates a chance to get on medications that can help them kick opioid addiction. The state-funded pilot program, which will start with 12 inmates, puts the county among the … Read More

EVERETT, Wash. — South County Fire is now including training on how to use the overdose-reversing drug Narcan in its first aid and CPR classes to help combat the opioid crisis in Snohomish County. “Somebody has to call 911, somebody … Read More