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1 week ago | 
aol.com | Aneri Pattani |Lydia Zuraw |Henry Larweh
Christopher Julian’s opioid journey is familiar to many Americans. He was prescribed painkillers as a teenager for a series of sports injuries. He said the doctor never warned him they could be addictive. Julian didn’t learn that fact until years later, when he was cut off and began suffering withdrawal symptoms. At that point, he started siphoning pills from family members and buying them from others in his southern Maine community.
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1 month ago | 
wamu.org | Aneri Pattani |Lydia Zuraw |Henry Larweh
Overdose deaths in D.C., Maryland and Virginia fell more than 37 percent in the last year, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Opioid manufacturers, distributors, and retailers have also begun shelling out billions of dollars to settle lawsuits over their role in the overdose epidemic. But how best to spend this money remains an open question. Most of the windfall is flowing to state and local governments. Not directly to victims of the crisis.
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2 months ago | 
cbsnews.com | Henry Larweh |Lydia Zuraw
Christopher Julian's opioid journey is familiar to many Americans. He was prescribed painkillers as a teenager for a series of sports injuries. He said the doctor never warned him they could be addictive. Julian didn't learn that fact until years later, when he was cut off and began suffering withdrawal symptoms. At that point, he started siphoning pills from family members and buying them from others in his southern Maine community.
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2 months ago | 
npr.org | Henry Larweh
Fentanyl overdoses occur from ingesting the synthetic opioid. But popular culture has misrepresented the risks to first responders.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
opioidprinciples.jhsph.edu | Henry Larweh |Sara Whaley |Jewyl Raikes
By Jewyl Raikes, Henry Larweh, and Sara Whaley Principle 2 underscores the importance of evidence-based spending but what about emerging intervention strategies? While some strategies, like medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder and syringe service programs, have become common practice, new interventions continue to emerge that show promise in combating the nation’s overdose crisis.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
kffhealthnews.org | Henry Larweh
When you think about the opioid crisis, the image of adults in their 20s, 30s, even sometimes those who are middle-aged, may come to mind. Rightly so, since most overdose deaths occur in people between ages 25 and 64. But did you know older adults are increasingly at risk of overdosing from opioids, too? In fact, from 2021 to 2022, adults over 65 saw the largest increase — 10 percent — in overdose death rates across all age groups.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Henry Larweh |McKenzie Beard
Hello! I’m Henry Larweh, a KFF Health News reporter and public health data intern, commuting from Charm City (Baltimore) to D.C. For matters related to the opioid overdose crisis and public health policy, contact me at [email protected]. Today’s edition: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its vaccine recommendations for pneumococcal disease and the coronavirus. Republicans on a key House committee released report criticizing a pandemic-era federal public relations campaign.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
thetimes-tribune.com | Ed Mahon |Aneri Pattani |Henry Larweh
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
republicanherald.com | Ed Mahon |Aneri Pattani |Henry Larweh
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
columbian.com | Aneri Pattani |Henry Larweh |Ed Mahon
News / Health / Health Wire The conversation wasn’t sounding good for Kensington residents on June 20. The Philadelphia neighborhood is a critical center of the nation’s opioid crisis, and the city had decided to spend $7.5 million in opioid settlement money to improve the quality of life there. But on that day, a Pennsylvania oversight board was about to vote on whether to reject the city’s decision. It was a thorny issue with major implications — both for Kensington residents and people...
