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Using data that ran through 2013, the authors found the biggest contributors to the increase in these early deaths were poisoning (including overdoses), suicide, and chronic liver disease, the ...
The financial website put the metrics into three categories — drug use and addiction, law enforcement, and drug health issues and rehab — then ranked each state on a scale of 100. Missouri ...
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 ...
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As of 2021, America's drug epidemic was the deadliest it had ever been, according to federal data. More than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States during the 12-month period ending April 2021, according to provisional data published November 17, 2021, by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [116]
Fentanyl has made headlines for driving overdose deaths, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning of the rise of an even deadlier drug. Last year, nearly 70% of all U.S ...
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) reported that 323 "active medication shortages" were reported in January–March 2024. As a result of drug scarcity, many healthcare systems were forced to either ration out essential drugs, triage patients based on the severity of their condition and their need for the drug, or both.
According to the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, with 19.8 million current users at the time of the survey. The ...