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America’s Cocaine and Fentanyl Overdose Problem

America has seen a massive rise in both cocaine and fentanyl overdoses. This has led to a significant fentanyl epidemic. Thankfully, treatment for fentanyl addiction is available for individuals who are suffering.

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Fentanyl Is Now the Leading Cause of Drug Overdoses

Considering a dose of fentanyl can be 100 times smaller than a dose of heroin and produce the same effect, the risks associated with fetanyl overdose have skyrocketed. Fentanyl has…

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Fentanyl and Heroin: A Deadly Mix

According to the United States Centers for Disease Control, the nation has seen a 200% increase in opioid overdose deaths since 2000. At the heart of many of these deaths…

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Prescription Drugs: 7 Things you Didn’t Know about Prescription Drugs

Many doctors prescribe medications to patients without patients knowing much about them. Prescription drugs treat many ailments including pain and mental conditions. The following guide walks you through a few…

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Prescription Drugs: What You Need to Know

Prescription drugs are something that most of us need at some point in our lives. When taken correctly, most do exactly what they should without repercussions. Yet, many prescription drugs…

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What is Lean? Learn the Dangers

Homemade illicit drugs can be just as dangerous as heroin, cocaine or misused prescription medication. Intoxicating concoctio

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What to Do About Prescription Painkiller Misuse

Every year, millions of Americans misuse a prescription painkilling medication[i]. Potential consequences of this misuse incl

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How Many People Have Died From Alcohol?

Alcohol is one of the most widely consumed substances in the U.S. It is also one of the most deadly. When calculating the num

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How Many People Die From Prescription Drugs?

Prescription medications are consumed by tens of millions of Americans each day and current figures show that medication-rela

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What Does an Overdose Really Feel Like?

Overdoses are toxic reactions that occur when the effects of a given substance push the brain and body too far outside th

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How Many Teens Die of Drug Overdose?

An overdose is a severe, potentially fatal reaction to substance-induced changes inside the body. This reaction can occur

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How Many People Die From Morphine?

Morphine[i] is a widely used prescription opioid medication to treat moderate and severe pain symptoms. Unfortunately, some p

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How Many People Die From Heroin?

Heroin is perhaps the most notorious drug derived from the seed pod of the opium poppy. Compared to the number of people who

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How Many People Die From Drugs Each Year?

Today, Americans live in a world filled with prescription medications and illicit and illegal drugs. Unfortunately, milli

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How Many Americans Are Addicted to Drugs?

Substance use problems are an ongoing concern throughout the United States. In the past, experts divided these problems into

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How Long Does It Take for an Overdose to Kick In?

An overdose can occur when too much, or more than the recommend amount, of a substance is ingested. Overdoses[i] are ser

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Which Drug Causes the Most Deaths Each Year?

Every year, tens of thousands of Americans die from drug overdoses. Perhaps the most well-known source of these deaths is the

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