Tag: overdose
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Drug overdose deaths fall for 6 months straight as officials wonder what’s working
After years of rising, the tide may finally be turning on deadly drug overdoses in America. Drug overdose deaths fell 12.7% in the 12 months ending in May, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “This is the largest recorded reduction in overdose deaths,” White House officials said…
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Doctor charged in Matthew Perry’s overdose death expected to plead guilty
A California doctor is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in a deal with federal prosecutors over the fatal overdose of “Friends” star Matthew Perry last year. Mark Chavez, 54, will appear before Judge Jean Rosenbluth in a Los Angeles court, and his legal team has indicated he will plead to conspiring to distribute ketamine to…
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Rich Homie Quan died from accidental drug overdose involving fentanyl and codeine
Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan died last month in Georgia from an accidental drug overdose, authorities said. The artist, who burst into the hip-hop scene more than a decade ago, was killed by the “combined toxic effects of fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine, and promethazine,” the Fulton County Medical Examiner said in a statement provided to NBC…