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Public health experts and law enforcement blame the uptick in overdose deaths on fentanyl — a synthetic opioid that is much more deadly than other derivatives.
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Christopher has been struggling with addiction since he was 14. He uses heroin, and he says things have been hard since the COVID-19 pandemic began."We…
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Naloxone manufacturer Hospira issued a voluntary recall of its single-use cartridge syringe system for the opioid overdose antidote.The company says it…
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New research finds that fentanyl is far more common than heroin in overdose deaths in Indianapolis and that blacks are particularly affected.In 2017,…
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In a refrigerator in the coroner’s office in Marion County, Indiana, rows of vials await testing. They contain blood, urine and vitreous, the fluid…
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The Indiana Senate has passed a bill requiring more complete reporting of overdose data from county coroners.As opioid overdose deaths continue to…
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Gale Dunham, a pharmacist in Calistoga, Calif., knows the devastation the opioid epidemic has wrought, and she is glad the anti-overdose drug naloxone is…
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The opioid epidemic caused U.S. life expectancy to fall for the second year in a row, marking the first time that has happened since the early 1960s. Death rates also continued to rise.
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When someone dies unexpectedly outside of a hospital in Marion County, Alfarena Ballew, chief deputy coroner, gets a call.She or someone on her team will…
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Fentanyl is showing up in heroin and counterfeit pain pills, and users may not even know they're taking the extremely potent drug.