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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

drug overdose

Illustrative: Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation in 2019. (US Attorneys Office for Utah via AP)
April 30, 2023, 2:57 am
Now world’s no. 1 opioid consumer per capita, Israel faces addiction epidemic
New report traces spike in use of fentanyl and similar drugs; experts attribute abuse and addiction to overprescription, lack of understanding, and health system problems
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation in 2019. (US Attorneys Office for Utah via AP)
August 1, 2022, 2:09 pm
Daily Briefing August 1: Fentanyl devastation; did Trump plan West Bank annexation?
US correspondent Jacob Magid on Jared Kushner’s new book and Israel’s move against the PA’s ‘pay-for-slay’; NY reporter Luke Tress on the scourge of opioid overdoses across the US
By ToI Staff
An activist sets up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid overdose outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case was taking place in White Plains, New York, on August 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
July 27, 2022, 9:28 pm
Jewish communities grapple with addiction as fentanyl crisis ravages US
American Jews have not been spared the devastating fallout of opioid abuse, which claimed 107,000 US lives in 2021, though some still struggle with stigmas while seeking help
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: A man checks a nasal spray bottle. (Malikov Aleksandr; iStock by Getty Images)
December 25, 2021, 9:02 am
Accused of complicity in opioid crisis, Teva launches nasal spray to treat overdoses
Company says its generic version of Narcan is the first to arrive in markets; firm faces multiple legal challenges for allegedly stoking opioid epidemic
By ToI Staff
A man with a syringe used to inject heroin (iStock)
August 5, 2020, 2:04 pm
Israeli prof blazes trail to help heroin overdosers, says anyone can save a life
David Schwartz says he has shown that the general public can become emergency responders, guided by an app; thinks overdose treatment should become as accessible as defibrillators
By Nathan Jeffay
Opioids, addiction, overdose (Illustrative, via iStock)
October 25, 2019, 9:27 pm
Teenager dies in Jerusalem from suspected drug overdose
Resident of city’s Beit Safafa neighborhood where 17-year-old girl was found arrested; victim was reportedly in program for at-risk youth
By ToI Staff
Rapper Mac Miller performs on his Space Migration Tour at Festival Pier in Philadelphia, July 13, 2013. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
October 3, 2019, 1:53 am
3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller
Men accused of conspiring and distributing cocaine and oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that caused Jewish musician’s death in September 2018
By ANDREW DALTON
Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of American lone soldier Alex Sasaki, during his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on March 28, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 28, 2019, 7:28 pm
Over a thousand Israelis attend funeral for American lone soldier
After Alex Sasaki found dead due to apparent drug overdose, lawmaker demands emergency Knesset session on ‘worrying trend’ of suicides among new immigrant enlistees
By Jacob Magid and JTA
In this Nov. 29, 2018 file photo, former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, speaks to the media in Jackson, Miss. Bloomberg’s philanthropy has announced a $50 million donation to help fight the nation’s opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
November 30, 2018, 6:30 pm
Bloomberg announces $50 million to fight US opioid epidemic
Former NYC mayor says 70,000 US drug overdose deaths last year, including more than 47,000 from opioids, is a ‘national crisis’
By Dino Hazell
Rapper Mac Miller performs on his Space Migration Tour at Festival Pier in Philadelphia, July 13, 2013. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
November 6, 2018, 6:45 am
Autopsy finds Jewish rapper Mac Miller died from drugs and alcohol
26-year-old Jewish Pittsburgh native, who openly discussed his depressions and addiction in his rhymes, died from an accidental overdose
By AP
Mac Miller performs at Coachella Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Friday, April 14, 2017, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
September 8, 2018, 1:15 am
Jewish rapper Mac Miller found dead of suspected overdose
26-year-old former boyfriend of pop star Ariana Grande struggled with substance abuse for years, was due to start concert tour next month
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Tom Petty (Larry Philpot/soundstagephotography.com/Wikimedia Commons)
January 20, 2018, 12:18 pm
Tom Petty died of accidental overdose, family says
Autopsy shows the 66-year-old rocker had fentanyl, oxycodone, temazepam, and other medications in his system when he died of a heart attack in October
By AFP
November 1, 2017, 1:31 pm
Death at Starbucks
A random group of patrons connected in the face of tragedy — an object lesson for the Jewish community
An ultra-Orthodox couple at a cemetery (illustrative photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
From the WebAugust 15, 2017, 9:30 am
As opioid crisis grows in Orthodox circles, relatives speak out
New York Jewish Week: ‘The religious community only started caring once we started dying’
Matthew Kuppe, center, posing in a Facebook post dated Aug. 9, 2015 with the caption, “This is how you celebrate 21!” (Facebook via JTA)
June 18, 2017, 6:57 pm
Ex-JCC counselor convicted on child porn charges survives overdose
Matthew Kuppe, 22, of Detroit, found ‘unresponsive’ days before he was due to enter prison for 10-year sentence
By JTA
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