Drug overdose deaths are down 3.1% nationwide according to the latest figures from the CDC. 107,543 people died of drug overdoses in 2023 down from 111,029 in 2022. Here in Connecticut, drug overdose deaths have been decreasing for the last two years (down 14% in 2023 from the 2021 high). Preliminary data I have seen…
Month: May 2024
Police Encounters and EMS Sedation
The AP recently published a story about EMS sedation of patients during police encounters — Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police. I was interviewed for it back in February of 2023, and the final story includes a small quote from me. “I don’t believe he was a candidate…
COVID – Voices From the Front Lines
I was honored to be asked to write an essay that was included in the new anthology –Voices from the Front Line: The Pandemic and the Humanities edited by by Katherine Ratzan Peeler and Richard M. Ratzan and published the University of California Health Humanities Press. Here is the description of the book from Amazon: What are the limits of…