The Way to Curb Overdose Deaths, One Spray at a Time
Remember that scene in the movie "Pulp Fiction" when the John Travolta character plunges a syringe full of adrenaline into the chest of Uma Thurman, who is overdosing? It turns out a real heroin...
View ArticleNY Senate Task Force Moves to Attack Heroin Epidemic
A Republican-led Senate task force has released a package of bills aimed at combating the growing problem of heroin addiction in New York.The bills would require schools to carry supplies of Naloxone,...
View ArticleWhat's Next for Miracle Overdose Prevention Drug, at Twice the Cost?
Like many states across the country, New York is dealing with an epidemic of drug overdoses, and it has turned to a so-called miracle drug called naloxone to reverse the trend. State Attorney General...
View ArticleState Prisons Training Inmates to Administer Overdose 'Cure'
Anthony Willingham wanted soon-to-be-discharged inmates to carry a blue nylon pouch with them at all times, once on the outside.“The whole idea behind this is to do what?” asked Willingham, a...
View ArticleNYPD Fights Heroin Overdoses with a Nasal Spray
Recently Police Commissioner William Bratton talked with Brian about how New York City fits into the country's worsening opioid epidemic, and what the police department is doing to address the issue....
View ArticleOhio Town Confronts Heroin Epidemic with Misdemeanor Charges
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.When it comes to overdose deaths, Ohio leads the nation. In all, one in nine overdose deaths in The Buckeye State are related to heroin....
View ArticleHere’s what Trump’s new executive order means for opioid addiction
White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner, left, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie join President Donald Trump for an opioid and drug abuse listening session Mar. 29 at the White House. Photo by...
View ArticleThese states declared an emergency over the opioid crisis. Here’s what happened
Discarded syringes. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)In Arizona, it allowed state officials to get daily reports on overdoses. In Alaska, it allowed officials to expand naloxone use. In...
View ArticleThe Opioid Crisis Is Way More Complicated Than We Think
As the opioid crisis continues to worsen, Mark Kleiman, professor of public policy at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management and at NYU Wagner and author of Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to...
View ArticleTwitter chat: The realities of opioid addiction and recovery
The PBS NewsHour will hold a Twitter chat Thursday, Oct. 12th on the reality of addiction and recovery. Have questions? Tweet them to #NewsHourChatsThe opioid crisis is devastating communities across...
View ArticleNaloxone Saves Lives. Why Is it So Hard to Get?
New York City encourages residents to carry Naloxone, the drug that reverses heroin drug overdoses. New York Times reporter Annie Correal found that despite this directive, most local pharmacies either...
View ArticleWhy Fentanyl Is Ending Up in More Street Drugs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked a recent increase in deaths involving cocaine and synthetic opioids. Caroline Lewis, freelance journalist and frequent contributor to...
View ArticleCost of Naloxone Soars as Overdose-Related Deaths Surge
As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged communities across the U.S., another epidemic was quietly unfolding in the background: the opioid overdose crisis.For the past two decades, the drug epidemic has...
View ArticleFentanyl in NYC
New York City Council recently voted to approve Naloxone to be stocked in public schools. Courtney McKnight, clinical assistant professor of epidemiology at the NYU School of Global Public Health,...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....