Pennsylvania saw an 81 percent increase in hospital emergency department cases involving opioid overdoses in the 12 months leading up to last September. That rate of increase was the third highest in the country, behind only Wisconsin, where overdose cases went up 109 percent, and Delaware, where they went up 105 percent. MORE HERE.. 81%… … Read moreSpring 2018: Towns that dread sundown
but just when you thought it was safe to declare your local neighborhood a part of the national emergency.. SLATE counters with this: Why Data About the Opioid Epidemic Is So Unreliable MORE: As staggering as those numbers are, though, there are many reasons to believe the numbers we have are unreliable. One recent study … Read morePresident Donald Trump has declared the opioid crisis a national emergency. He announced the decision Thursday while answering questions from the media, and the move came in response to recommendations in an interim report from a newly formed opioid commission, the White House announced.
Ohio city’s morgues are full, thanks to opioid crisis : The bodies are stacked high–from the floor to the ceiling. = This CNN story is focusing on Ohio–even a tidbit about a sheriff of Clermont County whose wife is a heroin addict. Police and officials have learned in the state that the drug addiction crisis … Read moreOhio city’s morgues are full, thanks to opioid crisis
Ohio city’s morgues are full, thanks to opioid crisis : The bodies are stacked high–from the floor to the ceiling. = This CNN story is focusing on Ohio–even a tidbit about a sheriff of Clermont County whose wife is a heroin addict. Police and officials have learned in the state that the drug addiction crisis … Read moreOhio city’s morgues are full, thanks to opioid crisis
Drug overdoses are suddenly exploding in at least three counties in Pennsylvania.. TOWNS THAT DREAD SUNDOWN. A cluster of more than 50 overdoses within 48 hours in Tioga, Lycoming and Clinton Counties prompted a warning Friday about potential lethal risks of heroin that could be laced with fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. A spokeswoman for … Read moreJULY 4 OD’d NATION
Drug overdoses are suddenly exploding in at least three counties in Pennsylvania.. A cluster of more than 50 overdoses within 48 hours in Tioga, Lycoming and Clinton Counties prompted a warning Friday about potential lethal risks of heroin that could be laced with fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. A spokeswoman for UPMC in PA told … Read moreFOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND HELL: TOWNS THAT FEAR SUNDOWN GRIPPED BY HOLIDAY OVERDOSES
In the wake of Michael’s death, his mother, Sherri Kent from Calgary, has taken to Facebook, where she posted photos of her son in the hospital in an effort to show the side effects of opioid use and how it ended her son’s life: I just want everyone to know that my son Michael overdosed … Read moreIn the wake of Michael’s death, his mother, Sherri Kent…
Cherokee Nation files lawsuit targeting CVS and other pharmacies in opioid crisis: Cherokee Nation is suing CVS Health, Walgreens, and other drug companies and retailers, alleging the companies didn’t do enough to stop prescription painkillers from flooding the tribal community and creating a crisis of opioid addiction. The lawsuit, filed in tribal court on Thursday, … Read moreCherokee Nation files lawsuit targeting CVS and other pharmacies in opioid crisis
Towns across America … battling terrors of truth as the sun downs down. A faceless killer.. a quaint town.. a skyline with beauty.. and the fear of nightmare because of the urban and rural terrors of reality that await.
The United States has (somewhat) finally started to pay attention to the heroin issue taking place within the borders of the country.. Perhaps not soon enough. And without solutions. A few months ago, I wrote a pained and detailed post about the towns that dread sundown here in America.. those little once quaint villages that are … Read moreThis weekend: A nation of overdoses