#drug overdoses

#drug overdoses

Medetomidine, a potent animal tranquilizer not approved for human use, caused recent drug overdoses in Chicago with deadly effects when combined with other substances. [ more ]

Deaths from drug overdoses fell in the US for the first time in five years, with a 3% decline equating to nearly 3,500 fewer deaths. [ more ]

Deaths from drug overdoses decreased in the U.S. for the first time in five years, mainly due to fewer fatalities involving fentanyl and other opioids. [ more ]

Five people, including employees and a detainee from Rikers Island, have been charged with corruption for smuggling contraband like drugs and cellphones into the jail.

The defendants accepted bribes to smuggle in a variety of illegal substances, which contributed to making Rikers Island less safe for inmates and officers during a spike in overdoses. [ more ]

Life expectancy in the U.S. increased from 2021 to 2022 due to the fading COVID-19 pandemic.

Drug overdoses driven by fentanyl continued to rise in 2022 despite improvements in COVID-19 deaths. [ more ]

Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths.

Fentanyl, a potent painkiller, is often cut into heroin or other drugs and has been a primary driver of the U.S. overdose epidemic. [ more ]

U.S. women are projected to live about six years longer than U.S. men.

Deaths from COVID-19 and drug overdoses contribute to the widening gender-based life expectancy gap. [ more ]

The life expectancy gap between men and women in the U.S. has widened to 5.8 years, the largest disparity since 1996.

COVID-19 fatalities and drug overdoses are major factors contributing to the decline in life expectancy among men.

Other public health problems that disproportionately affect men, such as drug overdoses, suicide, and violence, also contribute to the gender gap in life expectancy. [ more ]

The life expectancy gap between men and women in the U.S. has widened to 5.8 years, the largest disparity since 1996.

COVID-19 fatalities and drug overdoses are major factors contributing to the decline in life expectancy among men.

Other public health problems that disproportionately affect men, such as drug overdoses, suicide, and violence, also contribute to the gender gap in life expectancy. [ more ]

The gap in life expectancy between men and women in the United States has reached its widest point in nearly 30 years.

The increase in the gap is mainly due to more men dying from Covid-19 and drug overdoses.

Interventions need to be targeted towards specific groups that are experiencing the largest decreases in life expectancy. [ more ]