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Fentanyl Can Be A Cause For Drug Overdose, The Fatality Of Such Drug Has Gone High [VIDEO]
By Icar Ballesteros | Apr 10, 2017 11:27 AM EDTFentanyl can be one substance that is the cause of the rise on drug overdose fatality recently. It is indicated that the drug is being mixed with heroin or cocaine.
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Opioid Consumption Drastically Increases Despite The Looming Dangers
By Abbie Kraft | Mar 06, 2017 10:05 AM ESTOpioid users are still taking the risk despite the dangers brought about by the drugs.
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Parents Overdosed With Heroin Found Endangering Children
By Anne Collins | Mar 03, 2017 08:30 AM ESTSchigel was arrested for endangering children, while Carroll was arrested for implied consent to test, operating a vehicle under the influence, endangering children, driving under suspension and failure to control.
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Cheaper, Deadly Heroin Behind Spike in Overdoses in Last 5 Years
By Joie M Gahum | Feb 27, 2017 07:10 AM ESTParallel to the increase in potency and decrease in prices of heroin products, overdoses have increased tremendously in the United States from 2010 to 2015.
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Number Of Overdose Calls Increased In Kentucky
By Anne Collins | Feb 15, 2017 08:52 AM ESTThe Centers for Disese Control and Prevention said that 91 people in the United States die every day from opioid overdose.
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Drugs That Killed 50,000 Americans; Cases of Overdose Going Out Of Control
By Staff Reporter | Jan 09, 2017 09:20 AM EST1.9 million people were reported to have abused the opioid pain medication.
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Baby Revived Twice Over Fentanyl Exposure; What Is Fentanyl?
By Angela Laguipo | Jan 04, 2017 08:30 AM ESTA 10-month-old baby girl nearly lost her life after being exposed to a synthetic opioid drug, fentanyl.
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US Drug Overdose Deaths at an All Time High
By Kanika Gupta | Dec 22, 2015 06:20 PM ESTDeaths caused due to opioid drug overdose are at an all time high in the U.S. increasing to 14% in a singe year, the CDC reported
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Drug Overdose Deaths Alarmingly High: CDC
By Jenn Loro | Dec 21, 2015 10:02 AM ESTA report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed a record-high drug overdose deaths in 2014 which was the highest since 1970 prompting health authorities to call for tighter regulation for prescription drugs like extremely strong chronic pain relievers.
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Lamar Odom Suffers 'Memory Loss,' Sometimes Forgets His Own Name
By R. Siva Kumar | Dec 16, 2015 09:51 AM ESTMonths after his treatment, Lamar Odom is off machines but finds it difficult to remember simple things, such as his own name.
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8-Month-Old Overdoses After Drinking Mother's Milk
By Christine Hsu | Sep 02, 2013 03:09 PM EDTAn eight-moth-old boy in Sacramento, California died of an overdose after drinking his mother's milk.
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‘Dead’ Patient Woke up as Surgeons Prepared to take her Organs
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 09, 2013 09:49 AM EDTIn 2009, doctors from a Syracuse, NY hospital almost removed the organs from a woman who was still alive. She woke up on the operating table right before doctors were going to cut her open.
