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Josh Wallner-Sentle's death was one of over 100 fatal overdoses in Jackson County last year. Many involved fentanyl, a highly addictive and powerful synthetic opioid that can be mixed into other drugs.
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The subject is expected to be a flash point in this year’s legislative session.
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Opioid painkillers work like magic, their users say: the pain they suffered just disappears. Then comes the drawback: the drugs are addictive, and higher…
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The opioid crisis in America brings attention primarily to two groups: patients who take the pain pills, and the doctors who prescribe them. Dr. Mark…
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There's general agreement that opioid abuse has reached epidemic levels in our country. People from coast to coast started taking prescription drugs…
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Close to 2,000 people die each year in California from causes related to opioid drug abuse. Many of them are in the rural northern counties. The state…
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Naloxone is a drug that quickly reverses an overdose of heroin or other opioid drugs. It’s been used by hospitals and emergency medical workers since the…