Although the government declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in 2017, the epidemic has only worsened in recent years, intensifying under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. The opioid epidemic has come in three distinct waves: the first was a rise in overdose deaths from ...
The opioid epidemic continues to impact communities, with efforts focused on addressing substance abuse disorders, expanding access to treatment and rehabilitation services, and targeting drug trafficking networks. Instances of domestic violence and gender-based violence have garnered increased attention, prom...
As one of the drugs that spurred the American opioid epidemic,heroinis one of the most commonly abused opiates and was responsible for15,948 overdose deathsin 2017. Derived from the opium poppy plant, heroin can be a powder or a substance resembling black tar. Whether heroin is injected or...
Objectives Opioid analgesics are essential in clinical practice, but their excessive use is associated with addiction risk. Increases in opioid prescription rates have fuelled an epidemic of opioid addiction in the USA, making statistics on medical opioi
The opioid epidemic in the U.S. Key figures Overview Death rate from all causes in the U.S. (per 100,000 population) Lifetime odds of dying from heart disease in the U.S. Death rate among men aged 85 years and older (per 100,000 population) Cancer deaths Death rate from ...
Woolf said, "the major killers in our lives are not going away. We still have an opioid epidemic. We still haveheart diseaseand stroke. We still have cancer and chronic pulmonary disease, and we need to continue to battle those conditions as well. And mortality is just the tip of the ...
In accordance with the most recent figures, Baton Rouge (Louisiana) is the city with the highest HIV rates in America. Shared needles are the main source of infection as the city struggles with opioid abuse. Miami, Florida, is in second place, while the third-place belongs to New Orleans,...
The opioid epidemic is an outcome of the rise in prescription drug abuse. Nonetheless, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2020 reports that most of those who abused opioids in 2020 were taking prescription forms of these drugs....
DOJ committed to continue utilizing its fraud enforcement tools “against the parties responsible for triggering and fueling the opioid epidemic” in an effort to “address this crisis.” The aforementioned $3 billion settlement is certainly demonstrative of that commitment and further settlements with ...
individuals born during 1945 through 1965 (baby boomers) had received the recommended one time HCV test in 2015.48 Compounding the challenge is a greater than 3-fold spike in acute HCV infections reported to the CDC between 2010 and 2017 as a consequence of the opioid epidemic, of which 75%...