CDC data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths this year
CDC data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths this year.
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Sep 19
Fentanyl Education Resources Available in 12 Languages
In a large-scale effort to make fentanyl and counterfeit pill education resources available to non-English speaking communities, The...
Jun 27
Opioid deaths rose 50 percent during the pandemic. In these places, they fell
Promising strategies from The HEALing Communities Study that reduced opioid fatalities despite facing pandemic-related challenges.
May 13
Study Shows Over 320,000 Children in the U.S. Lost a Parent to Drug Overdose
A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry estimates that between 2011 and 2021, 321,566 children in the US lost a parent to a drug...
Jul 27, 2023
Participate in a study to advance research on intentional overdose
Addiction Policy Forum (APF) has partnered with the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) on a new project to advance...
Jun 9, 2023
CDC Dashboards Help Track Nonfatal Drug Overdoses
Overdose deaths have reached a devastating new 12-month record, with nearly 110,000 American lives lost from December 2021 to December...
Apr 4, 2023
Considerations for Over-the-Counter Naloxone: Patient, Family, and Practitioner Perspectives
A new report from the Addiction Policy Forum provides feedback from patients, caregivers, and practitioners on the U.S. Food and Drug...
Feb 17, 2023
Addiction Policy Forum endorses OTC Naloxone; Presents to the FDA
APF Executive Director Jessica Hulsey spoke before a Joint meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug...
Dec 5, 2022
Medications for Sleep Disorders Associated With Increased Overdose Risk for Teens
A new study from researchers at Rutgers University found that teens and young adults treated for sleep disorders with benzodiazepines...
Jun 1, 2022
New Overdose Data: 107,622 Overdose Deaths in 2021
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released provisional data showing there were 107,622 overdose deaths in 2021,...
Sep 2, 2020
Colliding Epidemics Highlight Need for More Resources
As cases of COVID-19 continue to spread across America, the effects of the pandemic on the opioid crisis are creating mounting concerns...
Aug 31, 2020
International Overdose Awareness Day
Contact Your Member of Congress to Urge Them to Increase Resources for Naloxone As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the...
Jul 28, 2020
Opioid Use Disorders and Opioid Overdose Epidemics
Improving Narcan availability is the best chance of saving lives from overdose.
Apr 29, 2020
New Report on How Naloxone Saves Lives
New Report on How Naloxone Saves Lives
Jan 30, 2020
Statement: Drug Overdose Deaths Decline for the First Time in Over a Decade
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revealed that 67,367 people died from a drug overdose in 2018.
Dec 12, 2019
Suicide might be a root cause of more opioid overdoses than we thought
If all overdoses are considered “accidental” until proven otherwise, we may be missing higher rates of suicide and depression
Aug 23, 2019
Naloxone Facts
Naloxone is now available in many places without a prescription. Naloxone is a temporary antidote for overdoses from opioid drugs Here...
Aug 22, 2019
Naloxone Administration
Naloxone is now available in most places without a prescription. Naloxone is a temporary antidote for opioid drugs which include but are...
Aug 22, 2019
After an Overdose
When someone has been revived with an opioid overdose reversal medicine they come out of it very scared, angry and confused. Here are...
Jul 25, 2019
Ask a Counselor: Yes, Mixing Substances is Dangerous and Potentially Lethal
It is important to understand how substances, including prescribed medications, can interact with each other and other substances.
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