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  2. Opioid epidemic - Wikipedia

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    These sites are designed to reduce the health and societal impacts of drug use by providing a controlled, hygienic environment for drug consumption. The primary goal is to prevent overdose deaths through immediate medical intervention and to reduce the transmission of infectious diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis by offering sterile injection ...

  3. Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine during the COVID-19 pandemic

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    Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have numerous, potentially serious, side effects, such as retinopathy, hypoglycemia, or life-threatening arrhythmia and cardiomyopathy. [26] Both drugs have extensive interactions with prescription drugs, affecting the therapeutic dose and disease mitigation. [26] [27] Some people have allergic reactions to ...

  4. Opioid epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    During times of economic distress such as the COVID-19 pandemic or the 2008 recession, harmful rates of drug use has been seen to increase in populations experiencing joblessness and disadvantaged populations; [153] [202] moreover, Carpenter et al. found evidence that economic downturns lead to increases in the intensity of prescription pain ...

  5. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on crime - Wikipedia

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    The pandemic has added to the workload of various police agencies. Acknowledging the increased workload, Polish police lightheartedly wrote in a tweet on 19 March, "Please stop all criminal activities until further notice", a message that was directed at criminals, adding, "we will appreciate the expected cooperation related to refraining from ...

  6. Substance abuse prevention - Wikipedia

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    Individual Substance Abuse Prevention, also known as drug abuse prevention involves numerous different sessions depending on the individual to help cease or reduce the use of substances. The time period to help a specific individual can vary based upon many aspects of an individual. The type of Prevention efforts should be based upon the ...

  7. Asia-Pacific drug trade thrives amid the COVID-19 pandemic - AOL

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    Illicit drug markets in the Asia-Pacific continue to expand and diversify and appear to be largely unaffected by the coronavirus outbreak, the United Nations said on Friday. The production of ...

  8. United States responses to the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    On July 1, the FDA published a review of safety issues associated with the drugs, including fatal cardiac arrhythmias among other side effects. [28] In late July, President Trump continued to promote the use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19.

  9. Youth drug use has risen by 50% since end of pandemic ... - AOL

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    Use of drugs by young people has increased by 50% since Covid-19 restrictions ended, according to new data. Charity The Mix has published research showing a third of the 2,000 people aged between ...