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Fentanyl Surpasses Heroin As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses
By: Laurel Wamsley | NPR
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When fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, infiltrated the drug supply in the U.S. it had an immediate, dramatic effect on the overdose rate.
CDC Data Show Ohio Valley Still Has Nation’s Highest Overdose Death Rates
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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New federal data show the Ohio Valley again led the nation in rates of fatal drug overdoses last year. The data confirm what local officials have reported: Synthetic opioids are fueling the increase. West Virginia had the nation’s highest rate of fatal drug overdoses in 2017 with 57.8 deaths per 100,000 people. Ohio had the second-highest… Read More
Opioid-Related Levies Receive Mixed Response From Ohio Voters
By: Elizabeth Miller | ideastream
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The impact of the opioid crisis was all over the ballot on Tuesday – from candidates with proposed opioid solutions to county levies for strained children services departments. Near-Record Number of Children Services Levies on the Ballot New data from the US Department of Health and Human Services notes an increase in the number of children… Read More
Ohio Valley Lawmakers Helped Shape Bipartisan Bill On Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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A year after President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, he signed a bipartisan bill Wednesday to bolster law enforcement efforts and expand addiction treatment and resources. Proponents hope the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act helps the Ohio Valley, which suffers some of the nation’s highest rates of addiction and overdose deaths…. Read More
The Doctor And The Epidemic: Three Years At Ground Zero Of The Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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When Dr. Rahul Gupta started work as West Virginia’s chief health officer his state was already ground zero for the opioid epidemic, with some of the nation’s highest rates of addiction and overdose fatalities. That was 2015, and 735 state residents died from overdoses that year. Preliminary data for 2017 show there were 1,011 overdose deaths… Read More
New Ohio Data Show Sharp Increase In Overdose Deaths From The Opioid Fentanyl
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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New official state data from the Ohio Department of Health show 4,854 people died of drug overdoses in 2017, a 20 percent increase from the previous year. The new data add to evidence from around the Ohio Valley showing deaths related to the opioid crisis continued to rise in 2017 as state records begin to reflect the… Read More
Surgeon General Says Opioid Crisis Requires Fight Against Stigma
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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In a comprehensive new report on the opioid crisis, the U.S. surgeon general writes that stigma remains a major barrier to treatment and urges a more supportive approach to those in need. Surgeon General Jerome Adams wrote in his Spotlight on Opioids report that stigma has prevented people with opioid use disorders from seeking treatment. “The way… Read More
Senate Opioids Bill Takes Aim At Fentanyl Imports
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The U.S. Senate has approved a bipartisan package to address the nation’s opioid crisis with more resources for addiction treatment and recovery and an emphasis on stopping the flow of the the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl. The Senate approved the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 by a 99-1 vote Monday night including a version of Ohio… Read More
The New DARE: Schools Aim To Stop Next Generation Of Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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New data from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health show a rare bright spot amid the opioid crisis. Fewer high schoolers in the region appear to be using opioids in the past year. School officials in the Ohio Valley want to continue that trend with more school-based programs designed to help prevent… Read More
Inspired By Her Own Pain, A Researcher Explores Alternatives To Opioid Treatments
By: Joe Palca | NPR
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New options for non-addictive pain treatment are sorely needed. One researcher is borrowing from the field of cancer nanomedicine to test an idea that could bring relief to chronic pain sufferers.
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