Mobile overdose reduction clinic teaches Connecticut shoreline residents about prevention after recent overdose spike

Mobile overdose reduction clinic teaches Connecticut shoreline residents about prevention after recent overdose spike

GUILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A spike in overdoses along Connecticut shoreline communities has sparked a new wave of awareness. Between April 5 and 8, there were eight overdoses between East Haven. Branford and Guilford. One of those was deadly. There were only nine overdoses in those three towns during the entire month of March. New Haven has wellness resource fair in honor of Overdose Awareness Day On Thursday, the East Shore District Health …

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure in TV dramas, state laws threatens to undermine overdose response

There is also almost no evidence that law enforcement personnel are at heightened risk of accidental overdoses because of such exposures. Still, there is a steady stream of reports — which generally turn out to be false — of officers allegedly becoming ill after handling fentanyl.

Misinformation About Fentanyl Exposure Threatens To Undermine Overdose Response

Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another increasingly serious problem: misinformation. False and misleading narratives on social media, in news reports, and even in popular television dramas suggesting people can overdose from touching fentanyl — rather than ingesting it — are now informing policy and spending decisions. In an episode of the CBS cop drama “Blue Bloods,” for…