#Fentanyl driving drug overdose #PublicHealthCrisis

https://newstarget.com/2023-08-24-overdose-deaths-have-skyrocketed-since-2019-synthetic-and-prescription-opioids.html

#Fentanyl driving drug overdose #PublicHealthCrisis

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-08-24-overdose-deaths-have-skyrocketed-since-2019-synthetic-and-prescription-opioids.html

250,000 Floridians Get Kicked Off Medicaid as DeSantis Rakes in Big Donor Cash

https://www.commondreams.org/news/desantis-donor-cash-medicaid

#CommonDreams #FloridaMedicaidCuts #DeSantisDonorScandal #HealthcareInequality #PoliticalCorruption #PublicHealthCrisis #Politics #News

DeSantis Attacks Trump: He ‘Destroyed Millions of Lives’

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/desantis-attacks-trump-covid-19-response-1234742399/

#RollingStoneNews #DeSantisVsTrump #COVID19Response #PublicHealthCrisis #MillionsAffected #PoliticalCriticism #Politics #News

And let us remember this time the politicians who advocated for marijuana-everywhere policies for the state and local government revenue and hold them responsible also.

#PublicHealthCrisis #DrugAddiction #CannabisEverwhere #OpioidSettlement

And once again it’s irresponsible government that is complicit. Attorneys General should get serious now with regard to cannabis lawsuits also,

#PublicHealthCrisis #DrugAddiction #CannabisEverwhere #OpioidSettlement

Very bad bill! A "war on drugs" will NOT solve the problem of fentanyl or any other illegal drug. We know this! So frustrating!
"Citing Alaska’s high mortality rates associated with drug overdoses, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is seeking harsher criminal penalties for people who make or supply controlled substances that cause someone’s death. Under the legislation, prosecutors would be able to charge drug dealers and drug manufacturers connected to the death with second-degree murder, exposing criminal defendants to longer sentences and eliminating early release.

Several family members of individuals who’ve died from substance poisoning support the bills. However, the ACLU of Alaska has raised concerns about the legislation’s effectiveness and its potential to undermine public safety.

On March 27, the House Judiciary Committee approved one version of the legislation, House Bill 66, and sent it to the finance committee."
#PublicHealthCrisis #NoToWarOnDrugs #TreatmentNotJail
https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/04/03/bill-would-add-second-degree-murder-charges-for-drug-dealers-in-alaska-overdose-deaths/

The crisis engulfing the NHS will continue until Easter, health leaders have warned, as senior doctors accused ministers of letting patients die needlessly through inaction.

#OurNHS #PublicHealth #PublicHealthCrisis #TooManyPreventableDeaths #NotEnoughNurses #NotEnoughDoctors
#PoorNHSPay #ToryPolicyFail #ToryEconomicFail #ToryCompassionFail

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/02/intolerable-nhs-crisis-to-continue-until-april-health-leaders-warn?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Stress, exhaustion and 1,000 patients a day: the life of an English GP

#GPs #OurNHS #PublicHealthCrisis

| GPs | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/27/stress-exhaustion-1000-patients-a-day-english-gp-nhs-collapse

The ability to #StayHome is a #privilege . If you are also #privileged to keep you and yours #SafeAtHome, please do so and plan to remotely Facetime, Zoom, or video call friends & family. #COVIDIsNotOver #COVIDIsAirborne #RSV #Influenza #Tridemic #COVIDKills #PublicHealthCrisis #CrisisCare #NICU #PICU #ICU #HCW #PandemicParenting 💞

-My mom had to take my grandmother to the hospital yesterday for a vascular issue. It’s overrun. They have more physical rooms than before but no staff.
-I also was instructed to go yesterday but was offered the choice to try to manage at home despite typical protocol saying I should go. -People are being told they cannot receive treatment for their rare and complex conditions and to only “come back if it’s pneumonia” despite having been admitted and the complex conditions being fully documented

This crisis won’t end at pediatrics and something’s gonna have to give soon. What can we do to make sure it gives in the right way?
#pediatrics #healthcare #HealthcareCrisis #disability #publichealthcrisis