Heroin
From fentanyl, to heroin, to ketamine, to carfentanil: the drug epidemic didn’t start in the back of an ambulance
Initiative aims to save lives, reduce illegal and prescription drug misuse, improve overdose and early interventions to treatment and recovery through education
EMS1 looked at Google Trends data to discover which opioids are most often researched.
Researchers suggested that limiting the ability to acquire prescription painkillers can lead to more people using heroin
Christopher Langer, who was recently revived after a heroin overdose, said he was looking to “get even” by hurting first responders
Alton Banks apparently encountered the drug during a one-hour period after he left a pool and got home
The sites allow people suffering from heroin and opioid addiction to inject drugs under the supervision of medical professionals
Charlie Hagan and Joseph Critelli were arrested after they made a 911 call about the baby’s erratic breathing
After showing up naked and covered in mud on a neighbor’s doorstep and telling him he had just killed four people, Orion Krause told officers, “I freed them”
Recent spikes in the Maryland heroin and opioid epidemic have triggered calls for substantial changes in education systems statewide
In Yakima County, heroin-related deaths appear to be on the rise; five of the 26 overdose deaths last year involved heroin
Overdose-related ICU admissions in Pennsylvania nearly doubled between 2009 and 2015
A daylong event featuring musical acts and ending in a candlelight vigil for those affected by heroin overdoses brought the issue to the forefront
The software creates a real-time hot-spot map that shows first responders where the drug overdoses are occurring
Daisha Clark attempted to stop her cousin from bringing Levi Hoyt, 1, to the hospital, saying he “had only bitten a bottle of bug spray”
Vincent Weiner was found dead in his bedroom after actively taking the drugs
Dr. Anil Punjabi was about to fall asleep on the airplane when he heard a flight attendant call for help
The driver, who was arraigned for a misdemeanor DUI charge, was found unconscious and revived with naloxone
The EMS providers were transporting a patient when the driver became ill and had to be given naloxone
Some say the new report could have an impact on efforts to establish safe injection sites around the U.S.
The Start Talking Maryland Act requires schools to offer drug education that includes the dangers of heroin and other opioids starting as early as third grade
Artist Kathryn Pannepacke invites people from the front lines of Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic into her store for food and craft projects
“If you keep dealing heroin in Elkhart County, you should expect that you are going to get caught,” prosecutor Vicki Becker said
In Portland, Maine, officials have collected more than 700 needles so far this year, putting them on track to handily exceed the nearly 900 gathered in all of 2016
Police said tainted heroin may be responsible for at least eight overdoses over the weekend
The new court puts users into treatment within hours of their arrest instead of days and requires heavier supervision from judges
Police said the boy ran to a neighbor’s house to call 911 after finding the women lying unconscious
Each day, Dustin Cinnamon agreed to swallow a placebo or a non-FDA-approved pill used in the treatment of chemo-induced nausea
Responders arrived after the woman’s boyfriend called 911 and the baby was born in the driveway
Steve Sundquist said he has been sober since enrolling in a 75-day treatment program
Thirty-eight percent of of overdoses from January to May occurred in public places
A neighbor called 911 and she and others cared for the children as paramedics arrived to revive the couple
Heroin is costing taxpayers millions of dollars annually