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The study analyzed drug use and addiction, law enforcement, and drug health issues and rehab within each state.
According to the CDC, naloxone is available in all 50 states. [29] State laws vary in terms of immunity for legal liability in the prescription, distribution, and administration. [30] 20 states have codified the prescription of naloxone accompanying the prescription of an opioid, known as co-prescription. [30]
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. [5] From 1999 to 2020, nearly 841,000 people died from drug overdoses, [6] with prescription and illicit opioids responsible for 500,000 of those deaths. [7]
In 2020, the state of Oregon became the first US state to decriminalize cocaine. [17] [18] This new law prevents people with small amounts of cocaine from facing jail time. In 2020, the US state of Oregon would also become the first state to decriminalize the use of heroin. [19] This measure will allow people with small amounts to avoid arrest ...
The drug-resistant mpox cases follow an initial, unrelated cluster reported in California in late 2022-early 2023, and are the first involving multiple states, according to the report.
As of 2023, there are over 100,000 yearly deaths from drug overdoses in the United States. [10] Today, there exists a bipartisan agreement that change is needed. This new school of thought involves prevention measures and safe access to supplies, like needles. Many states have even passed legislation decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips ...
In December 2023, the city of San Francisco began testing wastewater for fentanyl, other drugs such as amphetamine, cocaine, methamphetamine, and xylazine, and naloxone. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The testing was part of a larger study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse , which was also testing wastewater in 70 other U.S. cities, and is scheduled to ...
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