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Increasing Naloxone Distribution in VT Emergency Departments [PDF]

, 2016
Fatalities caused by overdose from opioids are increasing in Vermont. Evidence shows that Naloxone safely and effectively reverses the effects of opioids in overdose.
Harris, Olivia M.
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CB1 Receptor Negative Allosteric Modulators as a Potential Tool to Reverse Cannabinoid Toxicity

Molecules
While the opioid crisis has justifiably occupied news headlines, emergency rooms are seeing many thousands of visits for another cause: cannabinoid toxicity.
Audrey Flavin, Paniz Azizi, Natalia Murataeva, Kyle Yust, Wenwen Du, Ruth Ross, Iain Greig, Thuy Nguyen, Yanan Zhang, Ken Mackie, Alex Straiker   +10 more
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Incorporating Naloxone Education Into Routine Primary Care [PDF]

, 2018
Opioid overdoses are a growing public health concern in Vermont and nationwide. Naloxone can save the life of someone who overdoses, if those around them know how to use it.
Goldberg, Eli
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Drug Overdose Rates Are Highest in Places With the Most Economic and Family Distress [PDF]

, 2018
In this brief, author Shannon Monnat examines county-level mortality data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pooled for 2006–2015, to gain insight into the U.S. drug overdose problem.
Monnat, Shannon M.
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Comprehensive User Engagement Sites (CUES) in Philadelphia: A Constructive Proposal [PDF]

, 2018
This paper is a study about Philadelphia’s comprehensive user engagement sites (CUESs) as the authors address and examine issues related to the upcoming implementation of a CUES while seeking solutions for its disputed questions and plans. Beginning with
Clark, Peter, Cooney, Kevin, DiMeglio, M., Dubensky, J., Gulati, S., Lathrop, S., Lee, Marvin J. H., Minupuri, A., Nguyen, Olivia, Patel, P., Schadt, Sam A., Umapathy, S., Zheng, S.   +12 more
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Risk of recurrent overdose associated with prescribing patterns of psychotropic medications after nonfatal overdose

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2017
Yasuyuki Okumura,1 Daisuke Nishi21Research Department, Institute for Health Economics and Policy, Association for Health Economics Research and Social Insurance and Welfare, Tokyo, 2Department of Mental Health Policy and Evaluation, National Institute of
Okumura Y, Nishi D
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Supervised Injection Facilities: Legal and Policy Reforms [PDF]

, 2019
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that more than 70 000 deaths from drug overdoses occurred in 2017, including prescription and illicit opioids, representing a 6-fold increase since 1999.
Gostin, Lawrence O., Gulinson, Chelsea L., Hodge, James G.   +2 more
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Adverse Effects of Opioid Dependency on Central and Peripheral Aspects of the Neuromuscular System

, 2019
Prevalence of chronic pain and health care costs have caused an escalation of opioid dependency. The current national crisis involving opioid dependency and drug overdose are growing problems that need to be addressed.
Yang, Cindy
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Slaying the Dragon: How the Law Can Help Rehab a Country in Crisis [PDF]

, 2015
Motor-vehicle-related deaths consistently topped the accidental death count in the United States for decades. In 2009, for the first time, drug poisoning took over as the number one accidental killer.
Kopf, Samantha
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Finding new ways to treat overdoses

eLife
Reversing opioid overdoses in rats using a drug that does not enter the brain prevents the sudden and severe withdrawal symptoms associated with therapeutics that target the central nervous system.
Jill R Turner, Jocelyn Martin
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