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In 2022, more than 2,000 people died of opioid-involved overdoses in Washington, according to state Department of Health data. That's more than twice the number who died of the same cause in 2019.
In October 2016, the state began the Arkansas Naloxone Project, a partnership of the State Drug Director's Office, DHS, and the Criminal Justice Institute (CJI) to allocate kits containing the nasal spray naloxone to first responders, schools, libraries, as well as drug treatment and recovery agencies to reverse the effects of opioid overdose.
About 5 out of every 10 fentanyl pills that the agency tested last year had lethal doses of the synthetic opioid painkiller fentanyl, down from about 7 in 10 the year before, the agency said.
The agency has its headquarters in Office Building Two (OB-2) in Olympia, the state capital. [1] Annually, 2.2 million children, families, vulnerable adults and seniors come to the department for protection, comfort, food assistance, financial aid, medical and behavioral health care and other services.
A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [65] In 2016, the World Health Organization estimates 34 million people used opioids and 19 million used opiates. [1] Of these, about 27 million people had opioid dependence, with the majority—but a decreasing number—using illicit heroin. [1]
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An equianalgesic chart is a conversion chart that lists equivalent doses of analgesics (drugs used to relieve pain). Equianalgesic charts are used for calculation of an equivalent dose (a dose which would offer an equal amount of analgesia) between different analgesics. [1]
The Washington state attorney general has announced a $149.5 million settlement agreement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson.