NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers suggest.
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Overdose deaths involving counterfeit pills were twice as common in the latter half of 2021 as they were in the last six months of 2019, accounting for about 5% ofoverdose deaths, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Western states, those r...
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If this increased rate for drug overdose deaths holds, the United States is on track to reach a new all-time record for overdose fatalities within a calendar year. Most states experienced increases in the rate of overdose deaths during the first quarter of 2020 compared with the same period ...
But as the years passed she began to embrace the law of attraction and practice what she was learning. She died of an overdose the day after Christmas. She had been recently diagnosed with M.S., was super active and just went down hill very fast. Her doctor prescribed her too many ...
The number of drug overdose deaths in Allegheny County last yearwill likely surpass the record...Tony RaapPaul Peirce
The article discusses that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed 2019–2020 data from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System, which found that more than 82 percent of antihistamine-involved overdose deaths also involved the use of opioids.Brown University ...