A New Jersey middle school teacher is facing charges after he overdosed on fentanyl in front of a classroom of students. Frank Thompson, 57, an art teacher at Roosevelt Intermediate School, was found unconscious and unresponsive by a school resource in a second-floor classroom after 9:00 a.m. on November 29, according to the Westfield Police
CDC: Drug overdoses hit new record.
August 16, 2018 by
More than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a new record. The CDC recorded a 6.6 percent increase in fatal drug overdoses from 2016, but noted that the preliminary numbers likely underestimate the final death toll. More than 40,000 people died from opioid overdoses last year, […]
FACT CHECK: Do Drug Overdoses Kill More Americans Than âGun Homicides And Motor Vehiclesâ?
October 27, 2017 by
President Donald Trump claimed that âmore people are dying from overdoses today than from gun homicides and motor vehicles, combinedâ during a Thursday speech on the opioid epidemic. Verdict: True Deaths in the U.S. from drug overdose surpassed deaths from âgun homicides and motor vehicles, combinedâ in 2015. Although finalized overdose death data has not […]