Tagged as: Overdose
Obama Funds Overdose Antidote To Combat Rising Number Of Heroin Deaths
Heroin-related deaths in the U.S. have nearly doubled between 2011 and 2013. In 2013, the number of people who died from overdose rose to 8,200.The Obama Administration is taking action to combat the issue by expanding access to a drug that can stop a ...
Heroin Use Rises in Individuals Abusing Painkillers
Health professionals have historically warned that the recreational use of pharmaceuticals can lead to more serious drug addiction. Recently, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health released a study that confirms the link between opiate abuse and...
Overdosed America: The United States’ Problem With Prescription Drugs
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared in a recent press release that nationally there is a wide variation in the levels of prescription of addictive opioids. The majority of deaths due to narcotic overdose are now because of the misu...