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The study analyzed drug use and addiction, law enforcement, and drug health issues and rehab within each state. Missouri has one of the worst drug problems in the country, national study says Skip ...
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. [6] From 1999 to 2020, nearly 841,000 people died from drug overdoses, [7] with prescription and illicit opioids responsible for 500,000 of those deaths. [8]
Climate change has led to the United States warming by 2.6 °F (1.4 °C) since 1970. [8] The climate of the United States is shifting in ways that are widespread and varied between regions. [9] [10] From 2010 to 2019, the United States experienced its hottest decade on record. [11] Extreme weather events, invasive species, floods and droughts ...
A $430 billion drug pricing, energy and tax bill that Democrats hope to fast-track through the U.S. Senate would decrease the federal deficit by a net $101.5 billion over the next decade, the ...
$700-billion package, aimed at curbing climate change and drug costs, may help Democrats this fall. But it comes at a fraught time for U.S. democracy.
In June 2008, a report issued by the program stated that weather would become more extreme, due to climate change. [252] [253] States and municipalities often function as "policy laboratories", developing initiatives that serve as models for federal action. This has been especially true with environmental regulation—most federal environmental ...
Aug. 8—A sweeping climate change and health care package has been approved by the U.S. Senate and heads to the U.S. House of Representatives. The $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act is designed ...
Cocaine is the second most popular illegal recreational drug in the United States behind cannabis, [17] and the U.S. is the world's largest consumer of cocaine. [18] In 2020, the state of Oregon became the first U.S. state to decriminalize cocaine. [19] [20] This new law prevents people with small amounts of cocaine from facing jail time.