Overdose
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Politics
Doctors met by security as they set up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites at Vancouver Island hospitals
An attempt by doctors to set up overdose prevention sites on hospital property in Nanaimo and Victoria was shut down…
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Politics
US overdose deaths continue downward trend, giving experts hope | Drugs News
Experts aren’t sure what is causing fewer overdose deaths, but they are hopeful the decline is sustainable. Drug overdose deaths…
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Discoveries & Research
First pediatric guideline on opioid prescribing in primary care focuses on preventing overdose
With its emphasis on opioid overdose prevention, the first guideline for primary care providers from the American Academy of Pediatrics…
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Discoveries & Research
Implantable device may prevent death from opioid overdose
The opioid epidemic claims more 70,000 lives each year in the U.S., and lifesaving interventions are urgently needed. Although naloxone,…
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Politics
Rustad changes story on fatal overdose coroner had no record of
The B.C. Coroners Service says it has no record of any recent drug toxicity death at a Vancouver intersection where…
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Politics
Doctor pleads guilty over overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry | Drugs News
Mark Chavez admits to obtaining ketamine with a fraudulent prescription for Perry, who died aged 54 in October 2023. One…
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Music
Rich Homie Quan’s Cause of Death: Accidental Drug Overdose
Fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine, promethazine, and THC were found in the artist’s system, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner Rich…
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