Fentanyl, COVID-19 Help Drive Overdose Deaths To Record 12-Month High arizonadailyindependent.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arizonadailyindependent.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The COVID-19 pandemic and a growing unsafe drug supply combined to push overdose deaths up by 27.6% in the U.S. over a 12-month period from 2020 to 2021, a surge in deaths that was matched in Arizona.
Community health leaders say two new laws could help round out Arizona’s efforts to combat overdose deaths, which are on the rise even after a bipartisan effort to pass the Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act in 2018.
Fentanyl test strips legalized to save lives oann.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oann.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It is a new law that is expected to save lives. In what some consider a controversial move, the state of Arizona has legalized syringe or needle exchange programs, which means those addicted to drugs now have a place to go and get clean needles for free.