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  2. These before and after photos show the real effects of ... - AOL

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    The heroin and opioid abuse epidemic is hitting America hard with heroin use more than doubling in the past decade among young adults, according to the CDC.While the dire statistics tell the ...

  3. Prescription drug addiction - Wikipedia

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    Still, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime stated that prescription drug abuse is a growing epidemic among recreational drug users in South Asia. [76] Although relevant studies in China were limited, they revealed a similar prevalence of prescription drug misuse among adolescents and young adults, which was 5.9 percent and 25.9 percent ...

  4. Prescription drug overuse - Wikipedia

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    Prescription drug overuse or non-medical prescription drug use is the use of prescription medications that is more than the prescribed amount, regardless of whether the original medical reason to take the drug is legitimate. [1] [2] A prescription drug is a drug substance prescribed by a doctor and intended to for individual use only. [3]

  5. Substance abuse - Wikipedia

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    Drug abuse, including alcohol and prescription drugs, can induce symptomatology which resembles mental illness. This can occur both in the intoxicated state and also during withdrawal . In some cases, substance-induced psychiatric disorders can persist long after detoxification, such as prolonged psychosis or depression after amphetamine or ...

  6. 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.

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    Jan. 30—LIMA — In 2022, there were 4,915 people who died from accidental drug overdoses in Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Health. While that number is actually lower than 2021's ...

  8. Drug overdose - Wikipedia

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    Drug overdose was the leading cause of injury death in 2013. Among people 25 to 64 years old, drug overdose caused more deaths than motor vehicle traffic crashes. There were 43,982 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2013. Of these, 22,767 (51.8%) were related to prescription drugs. [33]

  9. Overmedication - Wikipedia

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    Many of these medications can be bought in retail pharmacies or grocery stores without a prescription. OTC medication overuse is most prevalent in adolescents and young adults. [ 1 ] This overuse is common due to the relatively low cost, widespread availability, low perceived dangers, and internet culture associated with OTC medications. [ 2 ]