By ANITA SNOW and MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — On just one sweltering day during the hottest June on record in Phoenix, a 38-year-old man collapsed under a freeway bridge and a 41-year-old woman was found slumped outside a business. Both had used methamphetamine before dying from an increasingly dangerous mix of soaring temperatures and stimulants. Meth is showing up more often as a factor in the deaths of people who died from heat-related causes in the U.S., according to an Associated Press analysis of data from the U.S.
Hot Days And Methamphetamine Are Now A Deadlier Mix
Associated Press, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 3:05am
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- Hot days and methamphetamines are now a deadlier mix
On just one sweltering day during the hottest June on record in Phoenix, a 38-year-old man collapsed under a freeway bridge and a 41-year-old woman was found ...
10/9/2024 - 5:00 pm | View Link - Climate change-fueled heat is especially deadly when mixed with meth in the summer months
Increasingly hot summers and methamphetamine are a deadly mix. The stimulant is playing an outsize role in heat-related deaths across the United States.
10/9/2024 - 6:30 am | View Link - Methamphetamine Combines With Heat To Create Deadly Mix
The spike in meth-related heat incidents coincides with climate change. There has been an increased risk of heat-related fatalities in places like Phoenix and Las Vegas as temperatures have soared.
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In Pima County methamphetamine was a factor in one-quarter of the 84 heat-related deaths reported so far this year, officials say.
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