CDC: 93,000 people died of drug overdoses in US in 2020 with a 33% increase in Arizona
“I think the research will probably show that people already using drugs, their drug use got exacerbated because of Covid.” Author: Josh Sanders (KPNX) Updated: 6:38 PM MST July 15, 2021
PHOENIX The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the entire world. Most of 2020 was packed with uncertainty and many Americans had to navigate days, weeks, and months of isolation due to safety guidelines and protocols.
Isolation can be extremely challenging for people struggling with drug addiction.
“Everything we see or do or talk about, now goes through this filter of loss,” said Chandler father Matt Taylor, who lost his 17-year-old son Alex to a fentanyl overdose.
President Joe Biden delivered an inspiring inauguration speech where he called for unity and lowering the temperature.
He also stressed his commitment to helping those made jobless by the pandemic.
However, his executive order shutting down the Keystone Pipeline project seems very much at odds with his words. How does throwing thousands of hardworking Americans into the jobless ranks help our economy?
Also, his call for unity seems specious when he turns a blind eye to efforts by congressional zealots to impeach a former president. How does the useless impeachment effort promote unity ?
So far, Biden has done little more than reward the hard left for supporting his campaign.
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New opioid treatment programs highlight ‘forgotten epidemic’
January 8, 2021 GMT
Community Medical Services is expanding its nationwide Opioid Treatment Programs.
PHOENIX and MILWAUKEE, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Community Medical Services (CMS) is pleased to announce the opening of two new Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) in the states of Wisconsin and Arizona, as new CDC data recorded 81,230 fatal drug deaths in a 12-month period through May 2020, a new record1.
In Phoenix, the CMS facility will open its doors 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and provide all 3 FDA-approved medications for opioid addiction treatment. CMS is the first OTP agency in the country to open 24/7 Opioid Treatment on Demand centers (OTOD).