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While they are two distinct phenomena, deaths from CDI are often misreported as overdoses. [3] Drug overdoses and intoxication can also cause indirect deaths. For example, while marijuana does not cause fatal overdoses, being intoxicated by it can increase the chance of fatal traffic collisions. [4]
There were around 68,700 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2018. That is a rate of 210 deaths per million residents. [4] [5] Compare that rate to the 2018 rates of the European countries in the first chart below. Drug overdose death rates for European countries. [15] [16] Location links below are "Healthcare in LOCATION" links.
On 4 October 2019, the US FDA strengthened its warning to consumers to stop using vaping products containing THC amid more than 1,000 reports of lung injuries—including some resulting in deaths—following the use of vaping products. [91] "The legal vapes have been actively regulated by FDA since Aug 2017.
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. In the past decade, Arizona’s heroin deaths rose by more than 90 percent.
Two men from upstate New York have died from a type of pneumonia after using bat poop to grow cannabis. The men, who were based in Rochester, developed fatal cases of histoplasmosis: a lung ...
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), there were 884 teen overdose deaths from illicit fentanyls and synthetics in 2021, up from 680 in 2020 and 253 in 2019.In 2021 ...
The age-adjusted rate of "deaths from drug poisoning" did fall a bit after she took office, from 13.7 per 100,000 residents in 2011 to 12.1 in 2013. ... Dasgupta et al. note that recent border ...
In addition, while there are no fatal overdose cases linked to marijuana, [62] there are deaths linked to synthetic cannabinoids each year. [ 14 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] The most common mechanisms leading to death following synthetic cannabinoid use include behavioral risks, such as self-harm and suicide , falling from a height, and wandering into ...