According to Allegheny County’s public dashboard and officials there, it allocated $325,000 from its portion of opioid settlement funds to Prevention Point Pittsburgh’s syringe program, which operates five sites in Pittsburgh.

Source: https://www.mcall.com/2023/11/30/opioid-settlement-money-is-supposed-to-expand-syringe-services-pa-s-drug-laws-stand-in-the-way/

According to court records in a West Virginia case, AmerisourceBergen executives shared one email that referred to the prescription opioid Oxycontin as “hillbilly heroin.”

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/3/4/23624449/opioid-settlement-thresholds-janssen-pharmaceuticals-mckesson-cardinal-health-amerisourcebergen

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Narcan is an opioid antagonist that attaches itself to opioid receptors and reverses the effects of opioids.

Source: https://thenorthwindonline.com/3897328/news/narcan-training-provides-emergency-response-education/

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Narcan is an opioid antagonist that attaches itself to opioid receptors and reverses the effects of opioids.

Source: https://thenorthwindonline.com/3897328/news/narcan-training-provides-emergency-response-education/

Adults are also a focus in the Year of Mental Health, as opioid overdose deaths are at a high, Evers said.

Source: https://badgerherald.com/news/2023/01/24/evers-announces-increased-funding-in-state-of-the-state-address/

Allegheny-Kiski Health Foundation staffer Paula Kuzmirek demonstrates how to use naloxone, an opioid reversal medication.

Source: https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/recovering-addicts-give-firsthand-look-at-opioid-crisis-in-documentary-by-allegheny-kiski-health-foundation/

And something you’re focusing on there is the way in which the opioid epidemic hasn’t just harmed those who have been killed or have ended up in rehab or struggling with addiction but how many children have simply lost parents.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-barbara-kingsolver.html

A significant portion of these overdoses are from fentanyl, which is a cheaper and stronger opioid preferred by addicts that increased in popularity in recent years.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-politics/white-house-backs-gop-bill-to-classify-fentanyl-as-schedule-i-substance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-house-backs-gop-bill-to-classify-fentanyl-as-schedule-i-substance

As per the US health regulator’s latest Enforcement Report, the Mumbai-based drug major is recalling 12,336 bottles of Buprenorphine Sublingual tablets, used for treating opioid use disorder, in the American market.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/business/sun-pharma-alembic-recall-drugs-us-market-8867486/

A surge in overdose deaths in the US, fuelled by the synthetic opioid fentanyl, has led to increased pressure on Mexico to combat the organisations – such as the Sinaloa Cartel – responsible for producing and shipping the drug.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/south-america-news/2023/01/06/el-chapo-son-arrest/

At large gatherings it is important to watch for signs of an opioid overdose, including a person who is not moving, has slow or no breathing, is making gurgling sounds or snoring, has blue/purple lips and nails, or has cold and clammy skin.

Source: https://muskoka411.com/tips-to-enjoy-summer-festivals-and-events-to-the-fullest/

Banners appeared Monday in northern Mexico purportedly signed by a faction of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel claiming that the gang has sworn off the sale and production of the synthetic opioid fentanyl.

Source: https://www.newser.com/story/340918/you-have-been-warned-respectfully-chapitos.html

Beal was doing what she often does: handing out for free the drug that can cancel out, in miraculous fashion, opioid overdoses.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/06/30/narcan-is-hitting-southern-california-streets-and-soon-store-shelves-to-fend-off-the-opioid-crisis/

But Houck said he created a full-time drug task force to attack the county’s opioid abuse problem.

Source: https://www.mcall.com/2023/03/28/northampton-district-attorney-race/

College students, however, are less impacted by opioid addiction than the elderly, white working class, minorities and those of lower socioeconomic status.

Source: https://udreview.com/collegiate-recovery-community-offers-got-naloxone-program-to-battle-opioid-epidemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=collegiate-recovery-community-offers-got-naloxone-program-to-battle-opioid-epidemic

Commentary: One overlooked way to fight opioid deaths?

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/09/09/commentary-your-body-your-work-hollywood-is-scanning-actors-moves-what-that-could-mean-for-the-rest-of-us/

Compounding the effects of the opioid epidemic throughout much of Appalachia, the COVID-19 pandemic put additional pressure on resources already stretched thin.

Source: https://wvexecutive.com/hurdles-to-health/

County officials told Spotlight PA and WESA that rules around some other funding sources prevent them from spending the money on syringe services, but that wasn’t the case with opioid settlement money.

Source: https://www.mcall.com/2023/11/30/opioid-settlement-money-is-supposed-to-expand-syringe-services-pa-s-drug-laws-stand-in-the-way/

Deaths linked to the synthetic opioid fentanyl were cited by the report as a major cause for concern after skyrocketing by more than 800% since 2001.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/aug/27/australia-news-live-michael-long-victoria-byelection-indigenous-voice-allegra-spender-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton

Each of the six chapters in the series begins with tragic testimony from someone who has lost a loved one to opioid addiction, and it shakes us to the core.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2023/8/10/23826146/painkiller-review-netflix-oxycontin-series-matthew-broderick-udo-azuba-purdue-pharma-richard-sackler