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Anchor lead: How should we approach helping people with opioid use disorder? Elizabeth Tracey reports Substance use disorders are causing an epidemic parallel to Covid-19, with over 80,000 deaths reported over the one year period ending in May 2020, according …
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Anchor lead: In addition to Covid-19, overdose deaths are skyrocketing, Elizabeth Tracey reports From May 2019 to May 2020, deaths due to opioid overdose were almost twice as high as the previous year, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data …
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Anchor lead: Overdose deaths are increasing along with COVID-19 mortality, Elizabeth Tracey reports Deaths from drug overdoses are reaching record levels even as those from COVID-19 continue to climb, CDC data reveal. Eric Strain, a drug abuse expert at Johns …
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Anchor lead: Are people who have advanced cancer at high risk for opioid overdose? Elizabeth Tracey reports People with advanced cancers are often on opioid medications. A new study examines whether they are at higher risk for overdose death as …
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Anchor lead: People undergoing treatment for drug addiction during Covid-19 may lack technologies that can be very helpful, Elizabeth Tracey reports Portable electronic medicine boxes can help dispense needed medications to people who are in treatment for drug addiction, but …
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Anchor lead: Technology has been able to help some under treatment for drug addiction during the pandemic, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re being treated for drug addiction, coming to a center to get your medicine has many challenges, especially as …
