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Hamilton County Launches Overdose Prevention Team Amid Crisis

11/6/2025

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Hamilton County's Overdose Initiative

Hamilton County, Tennessee, has created an Overdose Prevention Team to combat the opioid crisis.
The team provides at-home medication-assisted treatment and recovery support for overdose victims.
Mississippi's Horizons Project has been shut down due to funding loss, ending telehealth services and related support.
Local officials are urging the state legislature to allocate opioid settlement funds to strengthen addiction prevention efforts.

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Opioid Crisis Escalation

European authorities may experience a heroin shortage due to the Taliban's 2021 ban on opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, a key supplier.
As heroin stockpiles diminish, dealers may turn to synthetic opioids like nitazenes, which are 40 times more potent than fentanyl.
Nitazenes have caused hundreds of deaths in Europe and the US since their emergence in 2019, contributing to the opioid crisis.
In 2023, opioids accounted for 70% of the 105,000 overdose deaths in the US.

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Hamilton County's Overdose Initiative

Hamilton County, Tennessee, has created an Overdose Prevention Team to combat the opioid crisis.
The team provides at-home medication-assisted treatment and recovery support for overdose victims.
Mississippi's Horizons Project has been shut down due to funding loss, ending telehealth services and related support.
Local officials are urging the state legislature to allocate opioid settlement funds to strengthen addiction prevention efforts.

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