Overdose

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR STRANGER THINGS 4 AND CONTENT WARNING AS THIS WILL DISCUSS SUBSTANCE USE, OVERDOSE, SUICIDAL IDEATION, AND COMPLEX TRAUMA. Here are a list of resources if you are battling any of the previously mentioned issues: SAMHSA’S National 24/7 Hotline: 1–800–662-Help Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 988 Overdose Prevention: https://harmreduction.org/issues/overdose-prevention/#:~:text=Harm%20Reduction%20offers%20evidence%2Dbased,an%20overdose%20while%20it's%20happening.

A first-degree charge has been brought against a Budd Lake man for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a 19-year-old male. Morris County Prosecutor’s Office announced the filing of a first-degree Strict Liability for Drug-Induced Death charge against John P. Rowe, age 30, of Budd Lake, NJ. The charge arises from a fatal drug overdose that occurred in Mount Olive in September of last year.

It was a Tuesday morning when I grabbed up my cell to swipe the alarm away. That’s when I saw the series of missed calls from both my parents’ numbers. Uh oh. The first person that came to mind was my grandmother. …

Since we first heard the word “coronavirus” in early 2020, every human on Earth has come to be affected by this pandemic in some way or another. For those of us who didn’t die of covid or lose loved ones to it, we still watched it wreck havoc on the…

The red, the white, the blue — the glare not yet emitted by the unlit Chevron sign. As farmland blues dissolve in sunset haze, his marquee flickers on. Life is but a stage, and we ourselves decide our parts. He sings his claim to fame: the needle and its greed —…

Synthetic opioids require a comprehensive response. It’s time to meet this everything problem where it is: everywhere. — Overview Fatal drug overdoses — primarily from illegally manufactured synthetic opioids — have increased sharply in recent years. And they’re not slowing down. Potent and dangerous synthetic opioids affect a wide range of policy areas and require a comprehensive response. It’s time to meet this everything problem where it is: everywhere.