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The problem is significantly worse in rural areas, where socioeconomic variables, health behaviors, and accessibility to healthcare are responsible for a higher death rate. [13] Teen use of opioids has been noticeably increasing, with prescription drugs used more than any illicit drug except cannabis : more than cocaine , heroin , and ...
Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said ...
Lean or purple drank (known by numerous local and street names) is a polysubstance drink used as a recreational drug.It is prepared by mixing prescription-grade cough or cold syrup containing an opioid drug and an anti-histamine drug with a soft drink and sometimes hard candy.
For the first time in two decades, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new class of medication that provides an alternative to addictive opioids for patients looking to manage ...
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.
Nearly half of all 3,100 counties in America have no doctors certified to prescribe buprenorphine by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to a Huffington Post analysis. Hundreds of counties have very few certified doctors.
The latest available data on America’s opioid epidemic underscore the need for action. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examined 28 states and found that between 2010 and 2012, heroin overdose death rates had doubled. And those numbers continue to surge.
For example, while opium and coca had been used for centuries, their active ingredients, morphine and the cocaine alkaloid, were not isolated until 1803 and 1855 respectively. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Cocaine and various opiates were subsequently mass-produced and sold openly and legally in the Western world , resulting in widespread misuse and addiction.