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Englewood Health's Strategies to Combat Rising Opioid Use in Post-Pandemic America
Vinnidhy Dave, D.O., hospice specialist and director of palliative medicine at Englewood Health Physician Network, and Lauren Savage, director of population health at Englewood Hospital, discuss what ...
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Feds accuse Walgreens of filling ‘millions’ of illegal opioid prescriptions
The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit accusing Walgreens of illegally dispensing millions of prescriptions for ...
There’s a new opioid antidote. But Mass. health officials are hesitant to endorse it
A new "powerful tool" for combatting opioid deaths isn't settled science. For that reason, the state is taking a measured ...
What the Opium Wars can tell us about China, the U.S. and fentanyl
While synthetic opiods are a relatively new class of drugs, opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, ...
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New plan for opioid crisis in Philadelphia's Kensington section offers treatment instead of jail
The mayor signed an executive order that gives the police department the option to make a summary arrest instead of a misdemeanor arrest for certain drug offenses.
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Do Fall River students need to learn how to use Narcan? School board says yes
Daniel Fitzgerald, the director of health and physical education for the city’s public schools, said Narcan delivery training helps keep the community safer, with opioids more available ...