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Oregon will soon require healthcare facilities to provide opioid overdose medication when releasing some at-risk patients.
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Opioid addiction levels prompts officials to recommend overdose medication during the holiday seasonWhen you think of stocking stuffers, medication to prevent overdose deaths probably isn’t your first idea. But health officials are urging Oregonians to stock Narcan over the holidays.
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The Oregon Health Authority is offering free opioid reversal kits to schools across the state.
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Eugene Police are sounding the alarm after they responded to eight overdose-related deaths over a span of four days last week.
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Eugene Police have reported a spike in drug overdoses starting Saturday night. Fentanyl was used in some cases.
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Note: In an earlier release dated October 22, 2020, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported that opioid-related deaths and hospitalizations in Oregon…
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Douglas County Public Health network has issued an alert for illicit opioid overdoses. The action is based on a sharp spike in fatal and non-fatal…
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Oregon’s Good Samaritan Law includes an aspect which has to do with drug overdose. It provides immunity from drug charges and arrest when someone acts in…
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Opioid overdose is a deadly risk for anyone using or misusing the drug. With that in mind, Lincoln County Health and Human Services has partnered with the…