{"id":18235,"date":"2024-11-23T17:43:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T16:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=18235"},"modified":"2024-12-10T21:53:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T20:53:02","slug":"fatal-overdoses-often-happen-when-users-are-alone-hotlines-sensors-can-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2024\/11\/fatal-overdoses-often-happen-when-users-are-alone-hotlines-sensors-can-save-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal overdoses often happen when users are alone. Hotlines, sensors can save lives."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"__next\">\n<article class=\"centered-layout grid-layout\">\n<div class=\"grid-full-bleed\">\n<div id=\"default-topper-container\" class=\"PJLV PJLV-idGOvrE-css grid-layout\" data-testid=\"default-topper-container\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-fGHEql-layout-default grid-center\">\n<h1 id=\"main-content\" class=\"wpds-c-gBcobE wpds-c-gBcobE-icdXrXM-css\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Even as officials hope tech can stem the tide of solitary drug fatalities, they know deploying these warning strategies could face obstacles.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-igyYHb\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-lduMjK wpds-c-lduMjK-iPJLV-css\" data-testid=\"byline-container\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-kkHkJQ\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-cNdzuP wpds-c-cNdzuP-hSmMVC-isLive-false\" data-qa=\"author-byline\" data-testid=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kxYKtF-isLive-false wpds-c-PJLV-iPJLV-css overrideStyles\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-AsWAM-isMultiple-true\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-byuVAJ wpds-c-byuVAJ-iPJLV-css\" data-testid=\"author-name-with-optional-link\"><span class=\"PJLV\" data-testid=\"byline-attribution\">By\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kePcFd-isLink-true overrideStyles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/david-ovalle\/?itid=ai_top_ovalled\" rel=\"author\">David Ovalle<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kePcFd-isLink-true overrideStyles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/elana-gordon\/?itid=ai_top_gordone\" rel=\"author\">Elana Gordon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-bUPMk wpds-c-bUPMk-fYkdBv-theme-default wpds-c-bUPMk-iPJLV-css\" data-testid=\"timestamp\"><time class=\"PJLV PJLV-ihqANPJ-css overrideStyles\" datetime=\"2024-10-19T13:00:56.196Z\" data-testid=\"updated-and-published-span\"><span class=\"wpds-c-jKQbzV wpds-c-jKQbzV-ihqANPJ-css overrideStyles\" data-testid=\"display-date\">October 19, 2024<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"meteredContent grid-center\">\n<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body grid-center grid-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"B72MSQHANVDEJATOQDYL6GXIHM\" data-el=\"text\">They die alone in bedrooms, bathroom stalls and cars. Each year in the United States, tens of thousands of fatal overdoses unfold as tragedies of solitude \u2014 with no one close enough to call 911 or deliver a lifesaving antidote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body grid-center grid-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"ORIAVDNWGRDH7KQDJRPNNYN7DE\" data-el=\"text\">Technology new and old might save some of those lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body grid-center grid-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"IW3AJYKJGBFCJPRMYB7SDGGEBA\" data-el=\"text\">Motion detectors blare alarms when someone collapses inside a bathroom at a shelter or clinic. Biosensors detect slowed breathing triggered by an overdose and one day may be capable of automatically injecting overdose reversal medication. Simpler approaches \u2014 chat apps and hotlines \u2014 keep users connected to help if drugs prove too potent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Source: https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2024\/10\/19\/fatal-drug-overdoses-alarms-sensors\/<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even as officials hope tech can stem the tide of solitary drug fatalities, they know deploying these warning strategies could face obstacles. By\u00a0David Ovalle\u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0 \u00a0Elana Gordon October 19, 2024 They die alone in bedrooms, bathroom stalls and cars. Each year in the United States, tens of thousands of fatal overdoses unfold as tragedies of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,119,36,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drug-use-various-effects","category-prevalence","category-treatment-addiction","category-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}