There can no longer be any uncertainty – the entire country is right in the middle of an opioid crisis. What is uncertain though, is why the opioid crisis seems to be hitting women particularly hard. There’s no disputing the figures. Between 1999 and 2016 the death rate as a result of overdoses from prescription …
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Finally, it seems, the people in charge are beginning to take the opioid crisis seriously – and it’s about time too as around 70,000 adults die each year from opioid-related overdoses. Four bills are set to be introduced by the state of Connecticut, all aimed at curbing the number of opioid-related fatalities within the state. …
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There is a new national effort aimed at combatting the problems of opioid addiction and overdose deaths, and the state of Kentucky is the latest state in the US to take part, supported by an $87 million grant allocated by the federal government. The $87 million will be shared between the Kentucky Cabinet for Health …
The current opioid epidemic in the US is taking a very human toll, with 70,000 people dying each year due to prescribed opioid overdoses, it is obviously taking a financial toll as well. As a direct result of the crisis, national and state tax revenues are taking a hit, affecting budgets and weakening the overall …
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A company by the name of Positive Recovery Solutions is helping address Pennsylvania’s contribution to the US-wide opioid epidemic by supplying a mobile addiction recovery clinic. The clinic is available for those who are seeking help in their desire to recover from opioid addiction. At the clinics, those suffering from opioid dependency can receive monthly …
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Over the past few years, plenty of solutions have been put forward seeking to help the United States recover from the current opioid crisis, but not all of them have been found to be effective. One small town in Minnesota seems to have found a way of winning the fight against opioid dependency. Little Falls, …
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A report, issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, has highlighted what has been claimed to be the start of the ‘third wave’ of the US’s national opioid epidemic. This wave has been triggered by the increasing use of fentanyl as an illegal opioid to replace prescribed opioid-based painkillers. The first wave of …
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While there is no doubt that the current opioid crisis that is gripping the United States has affected the entire nation from east coast to west coast, some states have been more affected than others. A study has now been conducted to find out which states have suffered the most because of the over-prescription of …
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