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The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office says an increase in heroin and opioid overdoses in December 2021 is prompting a spike alert.

Sun, 06/27/2021 - 6:00pm AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and Partnership to End Addiction launched a free texting service that alerts Maine residents to any sudden increase in overdoses in their counties and connects them with resources that can save lives, support those struggling with substance use, and promote recovery. Residents — including parents, caregivers, medical professionals, first responders, community groups and those struggling with subs...

New medical device aims to combat opioid addictions Research on a new medical device hopes to help those with opioid addictions. | Jiselle Santos/The Cougar A new medical device with the goal of preventing opioid addiction was announced by a Dallas-based medical technology company, called the Sotiras.  The startup, the Runatek Corporation announced on March 16 the device will allow for patients to maintain set concentrations of prescription pain medication in their bloodstream while managing ...

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Suicides decreased during pandemic, defying expectations, while drug overdoses increased Print this article Suicides declined in 2020, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics. The finding on suicides is something of a surprise, given the considerable concern among many medical professionals that the isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic would lead to a rise in people killing themselves. The same data, though, also show a large increase in drug and alcohol o...

Wareham Police program targets addiction, not addicts “We needed to do something,” she said. But the “Wareham Fighting Against Addiction Drop-In Center,” opened at the Church of the Good Shepherd on High Street a little over three years ago, has been closed due to COVID. Alfonso and Bill Pimental were instrumental in starting the addiction drop-in center and have continued to work on the community’s addiction problem as best they could. Now an ally in their fight against addiction has...

John Minchillo/AP Photos Drug overdose deaths hit record levels last year with more than 81,000 fatalities, according to the CDC. Fentanyl, involved in most of the deaths, is now sweeping the western US with a 98% rise in 10 states. The synthetic opioid is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more than heroin. US drug overdose deaths hit record levels last year with more than 81,000 fatalities, according to the CDC. Fentanyl was involved in almost all o...

02/16/21 WorkersCompensation.com Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Attorney General Becerra, along with a coalition of attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories, announced a $573 million settlement with one of the worlds largest consulting firms, McKinsey & Company (McKinsey). The settlement resolves Californias investigation into the companys role in advising opioid companies, helping those companies promote their drugs, and profiting from t...

FACE Consortium “Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” This quote by James Baldwin was part of the inspiration for a new project in the Copper Country. It’s called FACE (Facing Addiction through Community Engagement), and will focus on supporting loved ones of those dealing with addiction. Recovery from addiction (also known as Substance Use Disorder or SUD) can often overlook the “affected others” such as spouses, parents, and chi...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the news since last spring, pushing aside Americas other epidemic — the opioid epidemic — which has only gotten worse in the intervening months.  People who work on the front lines of the opioid epidemic on Cape Cod say isolation caused by COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing protocols that limit access to 12-step and other meetings are part of whats driving the increase. Susan Kinnane of Eastham lost their son Danny Vigliano to an overdos...