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CDC to disburse delayed funds including for overdose prevention, staffers say : Shots
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Ben Hendren/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ben Hendren/Bloomberg/Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be able to fully fund the Overdose Data to Action or OD2A program ahead of a key budget deadline, according to a CDC senior leader. A second CDC staff member confirmed …
Read More »Novel synthetic drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl responsible for Riverside overdose
A synthetic drug considered 100 times more potent than fentanyl was determined to have caused the death of a Riverside man, marking the latest in an increase in overdoses involving the synthetic drug, public health officials said. Carfentanil is a schedule II synthetic drug with a similar chemical as fentanyl and is used in Wildnil, an anesthetic for elephants, according …
Read More »How a mass overdose shook Baltimore — and turned up debate on supervised drug use
At the start of their business day, from the depths of abandoned buildings and secluded alleyways, drug dealers will hand out “testers” — samples from a batch of drugs intended to gauge their potency and act as a marketing ploy. People, some of whom have ended up in Baltimore from places as far-flung as Florida, line up for a chance …
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