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The District began a program of free distribution of the nasal spray naloxone in 2018 with 17 locations dispensing the non-injection overdose-reversing drug. In 2020, due to a 50% increase in opioid overdose deaths, the District doubled the distribution to 35 locations in every ward throughout the city.
Trone is the co-chair of the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, a government commission created to develop solutions to the opioid epidemic. [154] In February 2022, Trone blamed China for causing 64,000 fentanyl deaths in the United States in 2021 "because they are pretty much the lone supplier of [fentanyl] precursor ...
The last year has seen remarkable progress on the policy front. Lawmakers from both parties are becoming more open to less punitive approaches to the nation’s opioid epidemic, like making sure that drug courts are receptive to medication-assisted treatment. The federal government funded MAT programs and encouraged states to do the same.
Lazarus-Macy’s became Macy’s in March 2005. In 2006, due to the Federated-May merger, the Kaufmann's store was renamed Macy's at Hayden Run. As of October 2006 there were two Macy's located at the mall, Macy's at Tuttle Crossing (the original Lazarus store) and Macy's at Hayden Run (the former Marshall Field's/Kaufmann's) until March 2017.
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Mount Sinai Hospital's Respectful and Equitable Access to Healthcare Program (REACH) received Opioid Overdose Prevention Status (OOPP) in 2017. [31] REACH acquired funding from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the creation of overdose education and naloxone distribution. [ 31 ]
California will receive $122 million in a settlement agreement with Kroger, the grocery chain and parent company of Ralphs, to resolve lawsuits over its alleged role in the opioid crisis and how ...
Hushabye exists specifically for moms misusing opioids and their children who are born showing symptoms of withdrawal — called neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS. It's a community that's ...