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"At Naloxone Texas, we believe in the power of collective action. We distribute life-saving naloxone and evidence-based training to organizations and individuals across Texas. Our goal is simple: To empower communities and equip individuals with the tools and training they need to respond swiftly and safely to opioid overdoses." | Anyone can request a free Narcan from Naloxone #Texas at naloxonetexas.com/ You never know whose life you'll save. #Houston #TX #drug #overdose #OD

Naloxone TexasHome - Naloxone TexasAt Naloxone Texas, we believe in the power of collective action. We distribute life-saving naloxone and evidence-based training to organizations and individuals across Texas.
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The National Survey on #DrugUse & #Health is an annual survey of households conducted by the #SubstanceAbuse & #MentalHealth Administration, which is being dissolved in *#Health* Secy #RFKJr's overhaul of the nation's health agencies.

"We survey about 70k people, 12 & older each year," says Jennifer Hoenig, who used to lead the team of scientists in charge of the survey, which is the largest in the country.

So much for giving a shit about #overdose #deaths

They've tracked Americans' #DrugUse for decades. #Trump & #RFKJr fired them

A federal #study on #MentalHealth problems & #SubstanceAbuse across the country that has been running for decades & is used by a wide range of researchers faces an uncertain future after Trump cuts.

#AddictionIsADisease #PublicHealth #SelfMedicating #eugenics #FDT
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#Sackler e #PurduePharma accettano un patteggiamento da 7,4 miliardi di dollari per la #crisi degli #oppioidi.

L’intesa coinvolge 14 #stati #americani, migliaia di #governi #locali, centinaia di #tribùnative e 140mila persone vittime della #dipendenza da #Oxycontin.

La vicenda risale alla fine degli anni Novanta, quando Oxycontin fu pubblicizzato come #farmacoantidolorifico privo di rischi di dipendenza.

Dal 1999, le morti per #overdose negli #StatiUniti hanno ..1/2

#DemocratsDeliver

A new report states fatalities had decreased by 10% as of April 2024 while 911 first-responder calls were 16.7% lower.

‘Unprecedented’ decline in US drug overdose deaths gives experts hope
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o

The Guardian · ‘Unprecedented’ decline in US drug overdose deaths gives experts hopeBy Melody Schreiber

Schumer will work to block any effort in the Senate to significantly cut #CDC's budget

A #GOP-led effort would create major cuts eg in programs addressing #guns injuries & #opioid #overdose prevention.

Are they nuts?

Silly question. It's today's Republican Party.

They're COMPLETELY nuts.

Dems must GOTV, defeat any Republican up & down ballot.

If candidates for local office pull that "nonpartisan" BS, find out who the local Dem Committee supports.

#Elections2024
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sc

ABC News · Schumer says he will work to block any effort in the Senate to significantly cut the CDC's budgetBy The Associated Press
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#Unemployment has reached the lowest level in >50 yrs. Post-#pandemic #inflation has stopped & gone into reverse. The #StockMarket has soared to record highs. Social indicators too are improving from the #chaos left by #Trump. In each yr of Trump’s presidency—not just pandemic 2020, but the 3 yrs b4 that—the rate of US marriages & childbirths dropped. Under #Biden, marriages & childbirths are rising again. #Overdose #deaths are lessening. The Trump-era #violent-#crime wave is receding at last.

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The measure, which needs a majority to pass, is called the Secure the #Border Act. Along w/the #policing provisions, it’d also increase #prison sentences for anyone who sells #fentanyl* that results in an #overdose death, & would make it a #state #crime for #undocumented workers to provide false info to the #EVerify screening system.

[*fentanyl ingredients are from #China not #Mexico]

selectcommitteeontheccp.house.

Select Committee on the CCP · Investigation Findings: The CCP's Role in the Fentanyl CrisisWATCH: Video summary of the Select Committee's findings on the CCP's role in the American fentanyl epidemic.

Nearly one in three Americans know someone who has died of a drug overdose, according to a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health survey. For 18.9% of respondents, the person who died “was a family member or close friend.” People who knew someone who had died from an overdose were also more likely to see addiction as an “extremely or very important policy issue” regardless of political affiliation. CBS News has more.

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Almost 6k Dead in 6 Yrs: How #Baltimore Became the #US #Overdose Capital

People in Baltimore have been dying of overdoses at a rate never before seen in a major American city.

The city was once hailed for its response to #addiction. But as #fentanyl flooded streets & ofcls shifted priorities, deaths hit unprecedented heights.

#PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Health #Neuropsychology #Neurology #Neuroscience
nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/balt

The New York Times · How Baltimore Became the U.S. Overdose CapitalBy Alissa Zhu