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  2. Smoking drugs now linked to more overdose deaths than ... - AOL

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    Researchers compared data on drug deaths from January to June 2020 with data from July to December 2022. By the end of 2022, smoking was the most common form of drug consumption involved in ...

  3. United States drug overdose death rates and totals over time

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    Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [3] The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 ...

  4. Benzodiazepine overdose - Wikipedia

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    Flurazepam, now rarely prescribed in the United Kingdom and Australia, had the highest fatal toxicity index of any benzodiazepine (15.0) followed by Temazepam (11.9), versus 5.9 for benzodiazepines overall, taken with or without alcohol. [36] Etizolam overdose deaths are rising - for instance, the National Records of Scotland report on drug ...

  5. Opioid epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, there were approximately 109,600 drug-overdose-related deaths in the 12-month period ending January 31, 2023, at a rate of 300 deaths per day. [6] From 1999 to 2020, nearly 841,000 people died from drug overdoses, [ 7 ] with prescription and illicit opioids responsible for 500,000 of those deaths. [ 8 ]

  6. Deaths from drugs, alcohol climb among seniors

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    Drug overdoses and alcohol-induced deaths are on the rise among Americans aged 65 and older, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for ...

  7. Alcohol deaths have more than doubled in recent years ...

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    From 1999 to 2020, the number of alcohol-related deaths has nearly doubled, according to Florida Atlantic University study. A researcher and addiction specialists discuss the risk factors.

  8. List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication - Wikipedia

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    While fatal overdoses are highly associated with drugs such as opiates, cocaine and alcohol, [2] deaths from other drugs such as caffeine are extremely rare. [21] This alphabetical list contains 634 people whose deaths can be reliably sourced to be the result of drug overdose or acute drug intoxication.

  9. Category:Deaths attributed to Xanax overdose - Wikipedia

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    Articles and categories related to drug overdoses fully or partly involving Xanax, also known as Alprazolam, its generic name. Pages in category "Deaths attributed to Xanax overdose" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.