Over the past 10 years, the United States has seen a dramatic surge in drug overdose deaths, an increase almost entirely fueled by the rise of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. According to preliminary data published by the CDC, just under 110,000 drug overdose deaths were recorded in the ...
Over the last two decades, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has risen almost every year and continued to break annual records — making it the worstoverdose epidemicin American history. The official number for 2022 was 107,941, the CDC said, which is about 1% higher than thenearly 107,...
Colorado's rate of drug overdose deaths has nearly doubled over the last 4 years, fueled mainly by fentanyl.
“The public health crisis of addiction and overdose continues to persist in our country, with drug overdose deaths reaching more than 106,000 in 2023. As part of our ongoing commitment to address the nation’s overdose crisis, we made changes to the prescribing information of two highly misuse...
Drug overdose deaths among US adults aged 65 and older quadrupled over roughly the last 20 years, show new findings that have policy implications for the ongoing overdose epidemic. "Current proposals to improve mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) coverage within Medicare — for example,...
Drug overdose deaths rise significantly in past 5 yearsBy MICHAEL CASEY
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Prophylactic vaccination protects against the development of oxycodone addiction Abuse of prescription opioids is a growing public health crisis in the United States, with drug overdose deaths increasing dramatically over the past 15 years. Few preclinical studies exist on the reinforcing effects of oxycod...
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Drug overdose deaths decreased last year for the first time since 2018, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The amount of drug deaths from drug overdoses decreased by 3 percentage points between 2022 and 2023. More than 107,000 overdose deaths were recorded ...