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COVID-19 pandemic limits access to opioid dependency treatment, increases overdose deaths
COVID-19 has been associated with increases in opioid overdose deaths, which may be in part because the pandemic limited access to buprenorphine, a treatment used for opioid dependency, according to a new study led by Princeton University researchers.
The researchers found that Americans who were already taking opioids did not experience disruptions in their supply. Patients who were not previously taking opioids for pain management were less likely to receive a new prescription in the first months of the pandemic, but prescriptions for new patients soon bounced back to previous levels.
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COVID-19 has been associated with increases in opioid overdose deaths, which may be in part because the pandemic limited access to buprenorphine, a treatment used for opioid dependency, according to a new study led by Princeton University researchers.
The researchers found that Americans who were already taking opioids did not experience disruptions in their supply. Patients who were not previously taking opioids for pain management were less likely to receive a new prescription in the first months of the pandemic, but prescriptions for new patients soon bounced back to previous levels.
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Good morning.
The Minnesota police officer who shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright dead during a traffic stop resigned yesterday, along with her police chief. Authorities said that officer Kim Potter had meant to discharge her Taser on Wright to stop him driving away, and accidentally discharged a handgun.
The resignations came after two nights of protests in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, which has erupted into demonstrations since Wright, who is Black, was killed on Sunday.
Wright’s parents said they “could not accept”
he was killed accidentally, with his father, Aubrey Wright, pointing to the officer’s experience. “I can’t accept that, a mistake, that doesn’t even sound right,” he said. “This officer has been on the force for 26 years.”
First Thing: officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright resigns Molly Blackall
Good morning.
The Minnesota police officer who shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright dead during a traffic stop resigned yesterday, along with her police chief. Authorities said that officer Kim Potter had meant to discharge her Taser on Wright to stop him driving away, and accidentally discharged a handgun.
The resignations came after two nights of protests in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, which has erupted into demonstrations since Wright, who is Black, was killed on Sunday.
Wright’s parents said they “could not accept”
he was killed accidentally, with his father, Aubrey Wright, pointing to the officer’s experience. “I can’t accept that, a mistake, that doesn’t even sound right,” he said. “This officer has been on the force for 26 years.”