Mr Weaver’s story reflects America’s opioid crisis. Having begun in earnest two decades ago with the overprescription of pain pills by pharmaceutical companies, it escalated through heroin and ...
The epidemic may simply be “burning out”, suggests Professor Ciccarone. The theory is that the most vulnerable have already died, that those left behind understand the danger from fentanyl, and so new ...
May 1, 2018 – The Journal of the American Medical Association publishes ... research and help cities and counties with the opioid crisis. July 17, 2019 – The CDC releases preliminary data ...
The Department of Justice filed suit against CVS Health CVS0.50%increase; green up pointing triangle, alleging that the world’s largest pharmacy chain contributed to the opioid crisis by ...
A group of trade unions, health-care advocates and non-profits is calling on the province to take action against the opioid crisis ... was the first in North America to require naloxone kits ...