The California Department of Public Health and multiple Bay Area counties are seeking to educate the public about the fentanyl crisis. Here's what to know:
Illicitly manufactured fentanyl can come in both liquid and powder form, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.It is increasingly found in pill or powder-brick form to which colorful dye has been added. The DEA believes the trend is an attempt by cartels to market the drug to children.
Sonoma County was second in the standardized death rate, at 25.6 per 100,000 people. The county recorded 122 total fatal opioid overdoses in 2021. Epidemiologists have defined three prior waves of addiction that impacted the nation, according to the San Mateo County Health Department. The first was in 1996, as synthetic opioids became prevalent and over-prescriptions increased.
Los Gatos High School is screening a full-length documentary about the fentanyl crisis. Garvin Thomas reports.In 1996, pain was redefined in the medical community as a fifth vital sign. This ushered in a huge change in the health care industry. Pharmaceutical companies became heavily invested in what was a growing sector of the health care system: pain management, including chronic pain management. That same year, Oxycontin was introduced and marketed as a way to control chronic pain.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced indictments against eight Chinese nationals and four Chinese companies for trafficking precursor chemicals into the U.S. for the purpose of manufacturing fentanyl.People mainly between the ages 10-49 have been dying of overdoses. Black people are being more disproportionately affected in the current trends. Earlier waves of opioid addiction impacted white people more disproportionately, according to the San Mateo County Health Department.
Health care regulators have also sought to dramatically decrease the number of opioids prescribed by doctors. The CDC announced in 2020 that prescriptions had fallen from a peak in 2012 of 255 million prescriptions nationwide, the equivalent of about 81 prescriptions per 100 people, to about 142 million in 2020, about 43 per 100 people.At the federal level, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Food and Drug Administration have tried to reduce over-prescriptions by doctors.
In April, Gov. Gavin Newsom assigned the California Highway Patrol and California National Guard to a joint task force with local authorities in San Francisco to target some of the hardest-hit areas in the crisis, including the Tenderloin neighborhood. Two senators, one Republican and one Democrat, introduced a bill in May that would further instruct the Treasury Department to find ways to sanction and disrupt shipments from transnational actors. The bill is called the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence Off Fentanyl Act, also known as the FEND Off Fentanyl Act. The bill unanimously passed the committee on banking, housing and urban affairs in June.California is considering Senate Bill 641, introduced by Sen.
Counties are trying to make treatment options more affordable and available by investing in counseling, rehabilitation and medically assisted treatment options. Bonta highlighted the fact that Purdue executives pleaded guilty to felony misbranding of OxyContin but continued selling and marketing the drug.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Bay Area cities host National Night Out eventsThis Tuesday, cities across the Bay Area will host their annual National Night Out events — community gatherings held on the first Tuesday of August across the country that aim to build trust between law enforcement and the neighborhoods they serve.
続きを読む »
Bay Area school districts scrambling to find teachers ahead of new school yearWith the school year right around the corner, schools everywhere are scrambling to make sure every classroom has a qualified teacher.
続きを読む »
Taylor Swift makes 'generous' donation to Bay Area food bank during tour stopIn her giving era 💗 The singer, who was in Santa Clara last weekend for two sold-out performances, made a 'generous' donation to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley to help feed communities, the food bank said.
続きを読む »
Cities across the Bay Area hosting National Night Out eventsThis Tuesday, cities across the Bay Area will host their annual National Night Out events -- community gatherings held on the first Tuesday of August across the country that aim to build trust between law enforcement and the neighborhoods they serve.
続きを読む »
New study shows where Bay Area home prices fell the most in last yearBay Area cities have experienced some of the biggest drops in home prices across the country, according to a new study evaluating typical home values from May 2022 to May 2023.
続きを読む »
Bay Area images of supermoon lit up the skyThe first of two supermoons this month lit up the sky Tuesday night. Did you see it?
続きを読む »