Articles tagged as: opioid epidemic
May 15, 2017
ISDH Launches County Profiles To Fight Opioid Epidemic
The information is not meant to rank counties or serve as a comparison but rather to give counties a snapshot of their risks and trends.
Read MoreApril 20, 2017
Three Die In Heroin-Suspected Overdoses In Vigo County
Some officers are now carrying up to three doses of naloxone.
Read MoreApril 5, 2017
House Votes To Crack Down On Heroin Dealers, Pharmacy Robbers
Critics argue the legislature is "backsliding" to previous, failed attempts to address the drug epidemic.
Read MoreFebruary 27, 2017
Indiana Overdose Deaths Parallel Depressing National Trend
The CDC reports that the national drug-related death rate has increased more than two and a half times since 1999.
Read MoreFebruary 23, 2017
Indy Training "Lay Responders" To Administer Narcan
Last year alone, Narcan saved more than 2,000 opioid users in Indianapolis from overdoses.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2017
Opioid Addiction And The Rise In Child Neglect Cases
Childhood neglect cases are increasing in Indiana and many state agencies point to the rise in opioid addiction.
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2016
New Electric Device Guides Patients Through Crucial Withdrawal Period
Indiana is one of the many states that has been wrestling with how to decrease its residents' drug use - especially of opioids, a class of drugs that includes heroin and some prescription painkillers. A new gadget is helping people at a Union County clinic get through the early phase of their recovery.
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2016
Indiana County Aid Focuses On Opioid Crisis
Two different grants for 28 Indiana counties will provide naloxone and outreach education to combat overdose deaths.
Read MoreAugust 24, 2016
1 Dead, 14 Sickened In Indiana Heroin Overdoses
Jennings County Sheriff Gary Driver says Tuesday's overdoses sent deputies racing from home to home across the county to administer an anti-overdose drug to victims.
Read MoreAugust 18, 2016
Playing a New Role - On Stage - Can Help People Stay In Recovery From Addiction
Living with active addiction can keep a person busy, almost like a job. That's why occupational therapy researchers think giving people in recovery something equally consuming to do -- such as acting in a play -- may be part of the cure.
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