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There is a new push for Toronto to have safe injection sites and it's coming from the city's chief medical officer of health. But before it can get…
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The North Park Theater was packed Thursday night for a town hall meeting on the heroin and prescription opioid epidemic. The meeting was sponsored by Save…
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As Western New York continues to face a drug epidemic, public health and drug reform advocates from New York City are urging state officials to consider a…
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Heroin and other opiates have become a growing problem across Western New York, with an ever-increasing number of deaths being attributed to overdoses. In…
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Deaths from drug overdose have outpaced automobile accidents as the leading cause of injury in 35 states, including New York. But the state is making…
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Overdose deaths in the United States have more than doubled since 1999, outpacing automobile accidents as the leading cause of injury in 35 states,…
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Local health and law enforcement officials say there has been a noticeable spike in heroin and opioid overdoses in the first quarter of this…
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There are growing calls for police officers in Toronto to carry an antidote that would counteract the effects of an overdose. Overdoses from some opiates,…
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All of the Buffalo Fire Department's first response apparatus have been outfitted with kits of the life-saving overdose drug Narcan. Shortly after its…
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Buffalo Police officers are now trained to carry Narcan, a temporary antidote for drug overdoses.The drug, administered by nasal spray, delays the effects…