WLWT: New database highlights overdose death rates in every county in the U.S.. “WLWT’s news partner, Hearst-owned newspaper The San Francisco Chronicle, created a database tracking U.S. drug overdoses. The data comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 32.3 overdose deaths for every 100,000 people in the United States in 2022.”
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PR Newswire: New Tool Aims to Help Local Leaders Curb Opioid Crisis at Community Level (PRESS RELEASE)
PR Newswire: New Tool Aims to Help Local Leaders Curb Opioid Crisis at Community Level (PRESS RELEASE). “The tool provides geographic-specific information on the potential need for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and recovery services and the locality’s capacity to meet that demand.”
Court News Ohio: Board Overseeing Opioid Settlement Funds Must Make Records Public
Court News Ohio: Board Overseeing Opioid Settlement Funds Must Make Records Public. “The foundation formed to distribute settlement funds that local and state governments are receiving from opioid makers and distributors is the functional equivalent of a public office and must makes its records publicly available, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today.”
Texas Standard: Fentanyl’s rise, distribution tied to growth of social media
Texas Standard: Fentanyl’s rise, distribution tied to growth of social media. “According to an expert who studies drug trafficking, fentanyl is the new ‘social media drug’ and Mexican criminal groups are exploiting the technology to dominate the market – recruiting dealers in Texas to peddle the opioid.”
NextGov: AI and Twitter Could Help Predict Opioid Deaths
NextGov: AI and Twitter Could Help Predict Opioid Deaths. “A unique approach using artificial intelligence and social media posts could predict opioid mortality rates, researchers report. The findings revealed that a sophisticated AI algorithm was able to predict opioid death rates—going back from previous years 2011 to 2017—much more accurately than using traditional information researchers and clinicians often use, such as prior rates in communities and socio-economic measures.” Unfortunately accessing Twitter for research purposes is about to get really expensive.
CBS Detroit: State health officials launch smartphone app to help reduce opioid overdoses
CBS Detroit: State health officials launch smartphone app to help reduce opioid overdoses. “The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is launching a smartphone app to help Michigan residents reduce opioid harm. The OpiRescue app is designed to help anyone prevent opioid misuse and reduce overdose deaths by providing education, prevention and tracking of overdose reversals.”
Johns Hopkins University: Archive Shows How Fentanyl Promotion Helped Drive Opioid Epidemic
Johns Hopkins University: Archive Shows How Fentanyl Promotion Helped Drive Opioid Epidemic. “The Opioid Archive records released today—about 760,000 documents, mostly emails—show that Insys improperly sold vast amounts of its addictive product for off-label uses like non-cancer neck and back pain. The documents also bring to light how the company pressured doctors and deployed deceptive marketing to increase sales and earn millions of dollars in profits.”
Virginia Department of Health: Virginia Department Of Health And Virginia Commonwealth University Partner To Launch An Opioid Cost Calculator
Virginia Department of Health: Virginia Department Of Health And Virginia Commonwealth University Partner To Launch An Opioid Cost Calculator. “The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health collaborated on the development of an opioid cost calculator. The calculator presents cost estimates of how much the opioid epidemic impacts Virginians in multiple categories: lost labor, healthcare, crime, household costs, state costs, and federal costs.”
University of California San Francisco: New Industry Documents Highlight Role of Pharmacies in Driving Opioid Epidemic
University of California San Francisco: New Industry Documents Highlight Role of Pharmacies in Driving Opioid Epidemic. “Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), have added new documents to the Opioid Industry Documents Archive that detail the role of retail pharmacies in the opioid overdose epidemic.”
Iowa Attorney General: IowaOpioidHelp. com provides resources for Iowans with Opioid Use Disorder
Iowa Attorney General: IowaOpioidHelp. com provides resources for Iowans with Opioid Use Disorder. “IowaOpioidHelp.com provides a pathway to recovery for Iowans with Opioid Use Disorder and their loved ones. Visitors to the website will learn about Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT), a proven method of using FDA-approved drugs to reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms for people with opioid use disorder…. An interactive map at IowaOpioidHelp.com shows a list of MAT and OUD clinics contracted with the State of Iowa.”
State of New York: NYS OASAS Announces Launch of New Website to Promote Overdose Prevention Education
State of New York: NYS OASAS Announces Launch of New Website to Promote Overdose Prevention Education. “The New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports today announced the launch of the new ‘Project COPE’ website, which promotes overdose prevention and harm reduction education in New York State. The goal of this initiative is to empower people to learn how to prevent overdoses and save lives in their community.”
WDTN: New website provides free naloxone to Ohio residents
WDTN: New website provides free naloxone to Ohio residents. “A new website will provide Ohioans with a simplified process for accessing naloxone, a lifesaving drug used in the event of an opioid overdose…. The new website makes requesting naloxone possible for all Ohioans, whether they are a first responder, community member or distribution site and enhances access to prevention and treatment information.”
Johns Hopkins University: New documents show McKinsey’s role in fueling opioid epidemic
Johns Hopkins University: New documents show McKinsey’s role in fueling opioid epidemic. “The Opioid Industry Documents Archive, a project of Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, San Francisco, today released more than 114,000 documents related to McKinsey & Company’s work as a management consulting firm for the opioid industry over a 15-year period. The documents show how McKinsey advised opioid makers Purdue Pharma, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, and Mallinckrodt to help them increase sales, despite the growing public outcry over the opioid epidemic.”
New York Times: Fentanyl Tainted Pills Bought on Social Media Cause Youth Drug Deaths to Soar
New York Times: Fentanyl Tainted Pills Bought on Social Media Cause Youth Drug Deaths to Soar. “Much as drug dealers in the 1980s and ’90s seized on pagers and burner phones to conduct business covertly, today’s suppliers have embraced modern iterations — social media and messaging apps with privacy features such as encrypted or disappearing messages. Dealers and young buyers usually spot each other on social media and then often proceed by directly messaging each other. The platforms have made for a swift, easy conduit during the coronavirus pandemic, when demand for illicit prescription drugs has jumped, both from anxious, bored customers and from those already struggling with addiction who were cut off from in-person group support.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri launches data dashboard to track rising drug overdose deaths
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri launches data dashboard to track rising drug overdose deaths. “In addition to an online COVID-19 data dashboard showing the seriousness of the pandemic, the state of Missouri has launched another public dashboard to track the increasing number of drug overdose deaths. Drug overdose has become the leading cause of death among Missouri adults age 18 to 44, state health officials say. More than 70% of the deaths involve opioids such as heroin and fentanyl.”