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Nationwide Overdose Crisis Spurs Federal Funding For New Opioid Reversal Treatment
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 - 9:02am | 638Indivior PLC (NASDAQ:INDV) confirmed the first order of the OPVEE (nalmefene) nasal spray from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), which is the Department of Health and Human Services’ office responsible for procurement and development of medical...
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CDC Report: Fentanyl Killed 70K People In 2021, NIDA Director Volkow Says Findings Not Surprising
Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 9:20am | 750As the opioid crisis continues to destroy thousands of lives every year, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals the horror of a specific danger...fentanyl. The report comes several weeks after the Biden administration declared fentanyl combined with...
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Biden Administration Calls Fentanyl Laced With Xylazine 'Emerging Threat,' What Now?
Thursday, April 13, 2023 - 10:50am | 1038For the first time in history, the Biden administration has declared a substance to be an emerging threat to the country. What happened: Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) officially designated fentanyl combined with...
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This New Fentanyl Overdose-Reversal Drug Is Stronger Than Narcan: Here's Why
Friday, December 9, 2022 - 11:05am | 515Fentanyl, an opioid used as a pain medication, is considered dangerous, addictive and one of the reasons why rates of drug overdose deaths are skyrocketing. According to CDC data, overdose deaths caused by synthetic opioids other than methadone, including fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, increased by...
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GOP Video Warns Of Cannabis Being Laced With Fentanyl Despite Studies Saying Otherwise
Monday, July 18, 2022 - 12:42pm | 710The Senate GOP Doctors Caucus released a warning video announcement on Thursday alerting about the dangers of a powerful synthetic opioid, fentanyl. The group of physicians, who are also senators, released this public service announcement to inform Americans about the gravity of the current...
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White House Drug Czar Signals Possibility Of Safe Consumption Sites To Address Drug Overdose Crisis
Friday, December 10, 2021 - 12:37pm | 613Compared to other countries overdose death rates in the U.S. are three to four times higher. The CDC recently confirmed an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths during the 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the same period the year before. This...
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Delic Introduces Industry's First Family Support & Education Program At Ketamine Wellness Centers
Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 11:50am | 676On Thursday, Delic Holdings Corp (CSE: DELC) (OTCQB: DELCF) (FRA:6X0) introduced its Family Support & Education program at Ketamine Wellness Centers (KWC), the largest chain of wellness centers providing ketamine treatments in the U.S. KWC was recently acquired by...
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Biden Administration Embraces Once Taboo Strategies To Stem Alarming Opioid Overdose Crisis
Friday, October 29, 2021 - 9:54am | 983As the opioid crisis in the U.S. reaches alarming numbers, resulting in roughly 100,000 overdose deaths in the past 12-month period, a massive surge from a year earlier – federal health officials are willing to try new approaches to stem the tragedy. This week,...