A homeless center for youths in San Francisco has found success reducing overdoses and helping addicted teens find sobriety through harm reduction. “(We) now have a suboxone clinic at our syringe access site! This is a huge lifesaver, removing bureaucratic roadblocks from the paths of people who want to get off opiates,” said Mary Howe, executive director of Homeless Youth Alliance (HYA) in San Francisco. “Now young people, who are in withdrawal, can come to HYA’s site—a place where they already feel safe—and have a consultation with our … [Read more...] about Homeless center helps to reduce overdoses of addicted teens
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Fentanyl more lethal than other opioids
Deaths related to the opioid fentanyl tripled in California between 2016 and 2017, according to a new report. “We’re really on high alert,” Rachael Kagan, spokeswoman for the San Francisco Department of Health, told Soumya Karlamangla of the Los Angeles Times. Fentanyl has historically been less present in California than other parts of the United States. Experts say that’s because most heroin sold in California is black tar heroin, which is harder to mix with fentanyl, while white powder heroin is more popular on the East Coast, the … [Read more...] about Fentanyl more lethal than other opioids
NEWS QUOTES JAN 2018
“(There is) a nation-wide push to investigate overdose deaths as homicides and seek tough prison sentences against drug dealers and others deemed responsible.” THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: “Friends of Overdose Victims Become Prosecutor’s Targets” Dec. 18, 2017 Nationally, some 64,000 Americans died from overdose last year, up 86 percent from 2006, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: “Friends of Overdose Victims Become Prosecutor’s Targets” Dec. 18, 2017 “Even in the cocaine and crack days, … [Read more...] about NEWS QUOTES JAN 2018