Overdose
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Newyork
7 Deaths, 5 Hours: Drug Overdoses Surge in Western New York
Rising cocaine use and a drug supply tainted by fentanyl have become a deadly combination in Erie County, which includes Buffalo.
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News
Overdose Deaths Dropped in U.S. in 2023 for First Time in Five Years
Preliminary numbers show a nearly 4 percent decrease in deaths from opioids, largely fentanyl, but a rise in deaths from meth and cocaine.
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US
Some Key Facts About Fentanyl
It’s lowering American life expectancy and influencing the nation’s politics.
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Newyork
How Useful Is Diversity Training?
More from our inbox: Flowers Against Putin’s WarActions to Take to Reduce Overdose DeathsMisjudging Leaders Like Jacinda ArdernA Not So True StoryCredit...Rose WongTo the Editor: Re “What if Diversity Trainings Do More Harm Than Good?,” by Jesse ...
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Newyork
Fentanyl Helps Push Overdose Deaths to Record Level in New York City
The first time Reneé Jones overdosed on drugs last year, she was at her daughter’s Bronx apartment and had gotten up to get one of her seven grandchildren a cup of water. The next thing she knew, a paramedic was jolting her back to life with a ...