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Recreational Drug Methamphetamine Overdose Deaths Rise Sharply by Colleen Fleiss on January 21, 2021 at 11:12 PM JAMA Psychiatry. The research was conducted at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. From 2011-2018, methamphetamine deaths more than quadrupled among non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives. The study findings highlight the urgent need to develop culturally tailored, gender-specific prevention and treatment strategies for methamphetamine use disorder. ‘Non-Hispanic Blacks had the sharpest increases in methamphetamine overdose death rates during 2011-2018. ’ Long-term decreased access to education, high poverty rates, and discrimination in health services delivery are among factors that contribute to health disparities for American Indians and Alaska Natives. ....
Kayode Idowu, Damaturu The Yobe State Police Command has blamed excessive drug intake for the death of a girl at the Yobe State Government lodge a. ....
Cross-cutting injury and violence health topics Dr. Manisha Patel, MD, MS, currently serves as the Associate Director for the Office of Strategy and Innovation (OSI) in CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and is a Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service. As the Associate Director, she provides center-wide leadership and coordination of NCIPC’s strategic priorities, including Adverse Childhood Events, overdose, and suicide. OSI also oversees, supports, and coordinates other Center-wide initiatives, such as data science and health equity. Dr. Patel joined CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in 2005 and brings more than 15 years of leadership and technical experience in surveillance, study design and implementation, emergency response, policy, and health communications for childhood vaccine-preventable diseases. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and fellowship in Ped ....
Fentanyl is also being pressed into pills that resemble prescription opioids or benzodiazepines, health officials said. While fentanyl has been in Philadelphia’s heroin supply for several years, its presence in non-opioid drugs and counterfeit pills is especially concerning as individuals who prefer these drugs may have had little exposure to such a potent opioid and may be at an even greater risk for overdose. 2020 was the deadliest year ever for overdoses in Philadelphia. The surge is being fueled by deaths among methamphetamine and PCP users. The city s top substance abuse official said fentanyl is now prevalent in illegal drug sales in many neighborhoods. ....