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  2. Neonatal withdrawal - Wikipedia

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    Factors such as the type of drugs used by the mother, how long the drugs were used, the amount of drug used that made it to the child, and symptoms associated with premature birth. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Symptoms can appear as soon as 24 to 48 hours and as late as 5 to 10 days after birth.

  3. Opioid overdose - Wikipedia

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    Concerning the 2017 data in the charts below, deaths from the various drugs add up to more than 70,200 because multiple drugs are involved in many of the deaths. [2] According to the National Safety Council, the lifetime odds of dying from an overdose in the United States is 1 in 96. [68] Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state.

  4. Heroin - Wikipedia

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    Since heroin can cause nausea and vomiting, a significant number of deaths attributed to heroin overdose are caused by aspiration of vomit by an unconscious person. Some sources quote the median lethal dose (for an average 75 kg opiate-naive individual) as being between 75 and 600 mg. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] Illicit heroin is of widely varying and ...

  5. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    As heroin use rose, so did overdose deaths. The statistics are overwhelming. In a study released this past fall examining 28 states, the CDC found that heroin deaths doubled between 2010 and 2012. The CDC reported recently that heroin-related overdose deaths jumped 39 percent nationwide between 2012 and 2013, surging to 8,257.

  6. Family describes the horror of fatal fentanyl-heroin overdose

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  7. Post-acute-withdrawal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    A protracted withdrawal syndrome can occur with symptoms persisting for months to years after cessation of substance use. Benzodiazepines, opioids, alcohol, and any other drug may induce prolonged withdrawal and have similar effects, with symptoms sometimes persisting for years after cessation of use. Psychosis including severe anxiety and ...

  8. Heroin addict jailed for 20 years over death of son, seven ...

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    Laura Heath admitted cruelty to Hakeem Hussain before he died alone in a garden in 2017, and was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter.

  9. Trump, RFK Jr. go after SSRIs in executive order. Here's how ...

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    Suicide is a major public health crisis – according to the CDC, 49,000 people died by suicide in 2022, which is about one death every 11 minutes. Additionally, 12.3 million adults seriously ...