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Discharged, Dismissed: ERs Often Miss Chance To Set Overdose Survivors On ‘Better Path’

February 15, 2019

By Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News The last time heroin landed Marissa Angerer in a Midland, Texas, emergency room — naked and unconscious — was May 2016. But that wasn’t her first drug-related interaction with the health system. Doctors had…

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Addiction, Methamphetamine, Opioids, Pregnancy

Meth and opioid use during pregnancy rises, study

November 30, 2018

Amphetamine and opioid use in pregnancy has increased substantially over the last decade in the U.S., particularly in rural counties, a new study has found

Addiction, Drugs, Mental Health, Substance Abuse

Kim Kardashian West and ecstasy: A reminder of the social dangers of the drug

November 29, 2018

“I did ecstasy once, and I got married … I did it again, I made a sex tape … like, everything bad would happen.”

Picture of a U.S. penny next to milligrams of fentanyl, which is a fatal dose for most drug users. DEA
Addiction, Opioids, Substance Abuse

How Fentanyl Changes the Opioid Equation

October 17, 2018

With lethal amounts of fentanyl showing up in heroin and other drugs throughout the country, active drug users are at a greater risk of dying than ever before

Addiction, Benzodiazepines, Opioids, Painkillers, Substance Abuse

Workers Overdose On The Job, And Employers Struggle To Respond

September 25, 2018

Many employers — ill-equipped or unwilling to confront an issue they are at a loss to handle — turn a blind eye to addiction within their workforce.

HIV/AIDS, Public Health

Increase in new HIV cases in King County among heterosexuals who inject drugs

August 30, 2018

Public health has identified a cluster of 8 people with HIV infection in north Seattle. All were living homeless and injected or used illicit drugs.

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