drug overdoses

The settlement requires Landmark Recovery to verify it has enough staffing and physician care in the future

The pouches are available for free at local police stations and dissolve pills and patches

St. Joseph County Commissioners Tuesday voted to let the health department spend money from two federal grants.

A mix of animal tranquilizer and fentanyl called “tranq dope” has been making headlines around the country. Some media outlets are referring to it as a “zombie drug,” but the truth behind tranq dope may be more complicated.

The effects of the Xylazine are similar to opioids, but with faster onset and longer duration. The drug is often mixed with Fentanyl, but Narcan also does not reverse its effect.

The $5.4 million grant comes from the National Institutes of Health’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term – or HEAL – Data2Action Initiative. Over the course of five years, it allows researchers to work with overdose fatality review teams in 19 Indiana counties to measure harm reduction efforts.

An estimated 2,755 Hoosiers died of drug overdoses in 2021, a record high for the second year in a row.

A 2017 Indiana law allows school districts to stock the opioid reversal medication naloxone. Overdose Lifeline is a non-profit substance use advocacy group that wants to help equip schools prevent overdoses.

People in Kansas risk jail time if they call 911 to report an overdose. And not all law enforcement agencies use the lifesaving drug naloxone.

Elkhart paramedics responded to five overdose calls in the span of about 10 hours Friday, a rate the city calls “alarmingly high.”