Alarms sound as staff deal with medical emergencies in The Thistle's using spaceChris ClementsBBC DisclosureThe alarm is sounding in the UK's first drug consumption room.A man in his 30s has…
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, July 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Experts predict opioid overdoses will climb in both rural and urban areas because of the lethal practice of…
June 14 – Pairing a mental health expert with a paramedic to respond to low-level, nonviolent 911 calls decreased the number of criminal offenses in downtown Denver, a new study…
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay ReporterMONDAY, May 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Ohio State University is warning students to be wary of fake Adderall pills after two students died last…
April 21, 2022 – Pandemic conditions were ripe for a mental health disaster: Isolation, a crashing economy, and a mystery illness taking aim with deadly accuracy. But while instances of…
March 24, 2022 -- Raagini Jawa, MD, was high schooler in a small New England town when she experienced firsthand the shock and grief of a deadly drug overdose. Jawa…
Jan. 27, 2022 -- It’s no secret that a particular public health epidemic has only gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic: drug overdose deaths. From May 2020 to April 2021,…
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Sept. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Deaths from methamphetamine overdoses in the United States nearly tripled between 2015 and 2019, health officials report in a new…
By Robert PreidtHealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid overdose-related visits to U.S. emergency departments rose by nearly one-third during the COVID-19 pandemic last year.That's the key finding…