by RxSafe Marin | May 25, 2020 | Opioid Epidemic, Outreach
Join us on June 1st for the showing of the film, “The First Day: A Focus On The Beginning” is a film about Chris Herren, a former professional basket ball player and person struggling with addiction to prescription painkillers. Mr. Herren has been...
by RxSafe Marin | May 23, 2020 | News, Opioid Epidemic
In the past 20 years, the opioid epidemic has washed over the country in waves. Waves caused by Oxycontin, over-prescribing prescription opioids, switching from prescription drugs to heroin & synthetic opioids. Three waves are tied to different forms of opioids...
by RxSafe Marin | May 19, 2020 | News, Opioid Epidemic
It seems like whenever the world gets a handle on one specific drug that is causing problems, a new one shows up that needs to be addressed. We all know how the original opioid problem came to fruition; people got addicted to pills, the pills lead to heroin, the...
by RxSafe Marin | Apr 29, 2020 | Opioid Epidemic
by Susan Kim, AmeriCorps VISTA at RxSafeMarin. The Covid-19 pandemic is projected to be the largest mass casualty event in U.S. history but before coronavirus, a different epidemic—the opioid crisis—was killing 130 Americans every day. From 1999 to 2018, there were...
by RxSafe Marin | Apr 29, 2020 | Opioid Epidemic, Outreach
In early 2006, health officials first learned of the growing opioid crisis when top US scientists, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institutes of Health warned government officials of the imminent health crisis and called for urgent action...
by RxSafe Marin | Apr 29, 2020 | Opioid Epidemic
by Susan Kim, Americorps VISTA at RxSafe Marin The US is experiencing an Opioid Epidemic that is more harmful is a public health crisis. Drug overdose is the #1 cause of accidental death in America, surpassing car crashes and gunshots. Over 70,000 died from opioid ODs...
