It is no secret that the opioid epidemic is worsening throughout the nation. In New York Metropolis, the place one resident dies of an overdose each three hours, the Division of Well being and Psychological Hygiene (DOHMH) has teamed up with the Mayor’s Workplace of Nightlife for groundbreaking new laws: distributing free anti-overdose kits to …
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This Nonprofit Is Handing Out Free Narcan at Music Festivals to Fight Fentanyl Poisoning
LISTEN UP, a venture launched by non-profit group This Must Be The Place, is touring round the USA this summer season handy out free Narcan kits and fight opioid overdose. The Columbus, Ohio-based group was began by Ingela Travers-Hayward and William Perry. Travers-Hayward is an Emmy Award-winning producer who previously labored with MTV Information Canada, and Perry …
Live Nation to Face Lawsuit Over Teen’s Fatal 2015 Drug Overdose at HARD Summer
Live Nation Entertainment is facing a renewed lawsuit filed by the family of Katie Dix, a young woman who died following a fatal drug overdose at the 2015 edition of HARD Summer. In a new ruling, Superior Court of Los Angeles County Judge Dan Thomas Oki said a company like Live Nation that plans and operates …
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Erick Morillo’s Death Ruled Accidental Ketamine Overdose
A little over a month ago, news broke that Erick Morillo had died in his Miami Beach home, just a month after turning himself in on sexual battery charges. Now, a preliminary report from the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department says his death was the result of an accidental ketamine overdose. The report obtained by Miami …
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Autopsy Report Reveals Erick Morillo Died of Accidental Drug Overdose
Over one month after Erick Morillo‘s death, an autopsy report has revealed that the late DJ died as a result of a drug overdose. The final autopsy report is expected to be released within the next two weeks. Miami New Times announced yesterday, October 13th, that a preliminary report from the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department confirmed Morillo’s …
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