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Florida addresses fentanyl overdoses in Public Health and Safety Alert

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The Florida Department of Health has issued the following Public Health and Safety Alert The State of Florida has seen an exponential increase in overdoses associated with fentanyl. State agencies, including...

Opioids: Generic naloxone nasal spray gets FDA nod to treat overdose

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday granted final approval of the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, commonly known as Narcan, a life-saving medication that can stop or reverse...

West Virginia: Fentanyl deaths up significantly in recent years

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If heroin is coffee, fentanyl is espresso. Just as a minuscule cup of espresso can hype you up more than a whole mug of coffee, a single exposure to fentanyl can get a user vastly higher than injecting...

Opioid epidemic: Senate passes the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

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The Senate passed Wednesday by a vote of 98-1 major bipartisan legislation to combat the deadly opioid epidemic across the country. It passed the House of Representatives last week 393-8. The bipartisan...

ABRA Conference 2018 scheduled for August in Atlantic City

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ABRAcon 2018 Bally’s Atlantic City August 14th-17th Come learn with us!  The American Bio Recovery Association is the worlds only educational and certifying organization dedicated to the abatement...

Opioids treatment: Sens. Paul, Markey, Collins and Hassan introduce Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018

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Senator and Dr. Rand Paul of Kentucky along with Senators Ed Markey (Massachusetts), Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire), and Susan Collins (Maine) introduced legislation this week to expand access to treatment...

Opioid epidemic: CDC awards $12 million to help states

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be awarding this week more than $12 million to 23 states and the District of Columbia to support their responses to the opioid overdose epidemic....

Ohio: More than 40 heroin/fentanyl overdose deaths reported in Cleveland in May

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The metropolitan Cleveland, OH area saw 41 fatalities due to heroin/fentanyl  in May 2017, according to the Cuyahoga Medical Examiner Friday. Eighteen of the deaths were in the city of Cleveland, while...

Philadelphia reports 40 drug overdoses in one night

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The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is urging health care providers to exercise increased vigilance in promptly identifying patients suspected to have overdoses and taking appropriate action. On...

‘Game of Thrones’ heroin linked to overdoses in Vermont

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Vermont health officials are warning street drug users about an especially deadly strain of heroin that is circulating in several parts of the state, including central Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom. According...