Tag: fatal overdoses
New Hampshire Reveals 2017 Overdose Data
The Medical Examiner’s Office of New Hampshire has released 2017 overdose data, revealing that after 2 years of maintaining a constant number of overdose...
Bronx Teacher Killed by Fentanyl Overdose
According to investigators, a special education teacher who was found dead in a school bathroom in November died from a fatal fentanyl overdose.
Toxicology reports...
Opioid Overdose Deaths Rise in Florida
The Florida Medical Examiners Commission’s annual report on drugs found in the systems of diseased persons has been released, revealing that opioid overdose deaths...
Drug overdoses killed more Americans in 2016 than Vietnam War
The Vietnam War lasted nearly 20 years and tallied 58,220 deaths. In stark contrast, about 64,070 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2016 alone,...
After years of the opioid crisis, doctors are being held accountable...
After years of the ongoing opioid crisis, doctors are being held accountable for overprescribing opioid painkillers. Some have even been convicted of murder.
Under the...
Fear of fentanyl: a hidden killer
A new study reveals that over 50 percent of all drug overdose fatalities might be because of fentanyl — a synthetic opioid that can be...
Heroin-related overdose deaths triple in 5 years, new report
Approximately 25 percent of all drug-related overdose fatalities in the U.S. involved heroin in 2015, a threefold increase from 2010, according to a government...
The understated role of drug cocktails in fatal overdoses
Death certificates often underreport the role of drug cocktails involved in fatal overdoses, according to a new report in the journal SSM - Population...
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