Tag: Overdose

Congressional Communities is featuring one Congressional Research Service (CRS) article per day in effort to share with our readers the wealth of information that the CRS makes readily available. Today’s featured CRS article, “Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Considerations for Congress,...

In Philadelphia, PA, unintentional drug overdoses contribute to significant premature mortality, with 1,217 deaths in 2017 and 1,116 deaths in 2018. Most overdose deaths in Philadelphia involve opioids, a class of drugs that includes heroin and pharmaceutical painkillers like oxycodone. Over the pas...