Sparrow Hospital has released its annual drug report, which shows a decrease in the total number of drug-related deaths as well as a decrease in opioid and heroin-related deaths.
please don t miss former vice president mike pence will join wolf blitzer on cnn prime time for a wide ranging interview on his own political future. the multiple investigations surrounding former president trump as well. that s tomorrow. nine. p.m. eastern time. and this just in to cnn as drug overdose deaths hovered near record levels in this country. the fda has now approved the first over the counter version of the opioid antidote, narcan. the nasal spray will come in a package of 24 mg doses in case the person overdosing does not respond to that first dose. the product can be given to anybody, including children and babies. opioid deaths as a reminder are the leading cause of accidental death in the country. the numbers are just astounding. well still ahead. president biden prepares to lead key allies in the second summit on democracy right as tension is percolating with israel s prime minister. over moves there that some see as antidemocratic. we re going to live at the white
use? alex it s so easy to use. it is just to know spray. it has saved so many lives, and before , sort of as we speak, it s available without a prescription , but you have to ask the pharmacist for and it s behind the pharmacist counter. so you have to know what s there. you have to not be embarrassed. now. it ll just be on the shelf with the aspirin and the shampoo and the toothpaste. so let s take a look at why this had to be done. this graph is so dramatic. what it is showing is the number of opioid deaths from 90. 18 99 to 2021. it s pretty horrifying. when you see the numbers just written out. it s really quite horrible and not in 2021 more than 80,000. people in the united states died from opioid overdoses and as a parent, that s just turns your stomach. about not about 19. i m sorry about 9000 children and teens died between 1999 and 2016. so