Maryland experts warn about revived "Benadryl Challenge"
The so-called "Benadryl Challenge" encourages people to take large amounts of the allergy medicine to experience hallucinations.
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The so-called "Benadryl Challenge" encourages people to take large amounts of the allergy medicine to experience hallucinations.
Sarah Harris' mother believes Dr. James Ryan dominated every aspect of her daughter's life, brought her powerful habit-forming drugs, and is therefore responsible for her death.
Police treated all six with naloxone, which is used to combat overdoses.
"I just screamed and cried. I knew my brother was gone."
A Prince George's County couple faces multiple federal charges stemming from a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland said.
Witnessing or experiencing a drug overdose can lead to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, a study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found.
More than 151,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, alcohol and suicide combined in 2018, slightly lower than the overall numbers in 2017, and leveling off for the first time in two decades, according to a new study.
Fatal overdoses in Harford County are down 44 percent so far in 2019, and overall crime is down as well, Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said.
The Carroll County Health Department has issued an overdose alert warning of a recent spike of overdoses in the county.
A recent high court ruling makes it easier for prosecutors to charge drug dealers with manslaughter when their customers die from overdoses.
A Virginia couple was arrested eight months after their two-month-old daughter died from an overdose.
A man who police said was being treated for an overdose died at the hospital after becoming unresponsive when he was taken to the ground.
Police have arrested a 19-year-old woman after her 8-month-old reportedly ingested drugs, and naloxone had to be used to revive the child.
Fatal drug overdoses in Maryland are continuing to climb at an alarming rate.
New Hampshire police say a man ingested heroin in a bathroom at a Dunkin' Donuts during a visit with his 9-year-old son and had to be revived with an opioid-overdose antidote.
Chicago now gives at-risk inmates the overdose-reversing drug naloxone upon their release from jail and Los Angeles is poised to follow suit, putting the antidote in as many hands as possible as part of a multifaceted approach to combatting the nation's opioid epidemic.
A 10-year-old boy from a drug-ridden Miami neighborhood apparently died of a fentanyl overdose last month, becoming one of Florida's littlest victims of the opioid crisis, authorities say. But how he came into contact with the powerful painkiller is a mystery.
Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen signed a new standing order making an antidote that reverses the effects of opioids available over the counter.
A Harford County sheriff deputy speaks out after exposure to the opioid fentanyl during an effort to save someone's life.
Maryland lawmakers have brought together a variety of proposals to help fight the heroin and opioid epidemic in the state.
The grandmother arrested after a 15-month-old was hospitalized following a methadone overdose is now facing additional charges in the case.
Harford County is grappling with a sudden spike in heroin overdose deaths.
A new study says patients prescribed an overdose antidote along with opioids made fewer painkiller-related visits to the emergency room.
Baltimore City Health Commissioner Leana Wen announced Wednesday that the city plans to issue a "standing order" for a medication that completely reverses the effect of an opioid overdose.
Combating Baltimore's epidemic drug addiction. As part of Maryland's Overdose Awareness Week, new actions are being taken to tackle this health emergency.
