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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]
The study analyzed drug use and addiction, law enforcement, and drug health issues and rehab within each state.
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 ...
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.
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.
A national study discovered that teens in the United States consumed significantly less alcohol and drugs in 2024 compared to past years. Teen alcohol use has steadily decreased from 2000 to 2024 ...
Licenses for ownership of dispensaries began being issued on February 30, 2023. With the legalization of recreational cannabis, Missouri became the 21 state to do so. [11] The Drug Enforcement Administration labeled cannabis as a schedule 1 drug, [12] but was changed to schedule 3 after article XIV was signed into the Missouri state constitution.