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WEBSep 1, 2024 · Reporting on Chicago Education, Political, and Labor Union News that focuses on corruption, crony capitalism, and doing what is best for the poorest students in the Chicago and US Public School System.
‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond …
WEBNov 13, 2023 · Millions of U.S. drug users now are addicted to several substances, not just opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The shift is making treatment far more difficult.
Overdose deaths continue to rise in the US, reaching another …
WEBSep 13, 2023 · Drug overdose deaths reached another record level in the United States this spring, new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, as 2023 is on track to be another...
Warnings of new deadly chemical in street drug supply : NPR
WEBMay 29, 2024 · Public health officials say Mexican cartels and drug gangs inside the U.S. are mixing a dangerous chemical sedative called medetomidine into fentanyl and other drugs sold on the street. The...
About 1 in 3 Americans have lost someone to a drug overdose ... - CBS News
WEBMay 31, 2024 · About one in three Americans know someone who has died of a drug overdose, according to a new survey. More than 2,300 adults responded to the survey, which was conducted by researchers from the...
Overdose deaths due to fentanyl spark debate over treatment : NPR
WEBDec 28, 2023 · Federal researchers now say drug overdoses are a leading cause of death among young Americans age 18-45 and have also spiked as a killer of pregnant women. The issue has become a major flashpoint...
More than 1 in 6 US adults and adolescents had a substance use ... - CNN
WEBNov 13, 2023 · Nearly 49 million people in the US ages 12 and older – more than 1 in 6 – had a substance use disorder in 2022, according to survey data released Monday by the US Department of Health and Human...
A new drug is worsening the fentanyl crisis and complicating ... - NPR
WEBNov 4, 2023 · But complicating both treatment and intervention is a relatively new drug that dilutes the fentanyl supply. It is a veterinary sedative called xylazine. On the streets, it's known as tranq.
With $12.3M federal grant, Brown to expand research on substance …
WEB2 days ago · PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The National Institutes of Health has awarded Brown University’s Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation, launched in 2019 to conduct research on the intersections of substance use and disease, renewed grant funding expected to total $12.3 million over five years. The funding will enable the center, based at Brown’s School of Public Health ...
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