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HEROIN
Opioid Marketing Ultimately Results in Heroin Epidemic
There is no mistaking that the massive push to manufacture, distribute, and prescribe opioid pain relievers in the late-1990s and early-2000s was a huge mistake. It’s known that opioid pharmaceuticals have caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. But what about the more sinister, under-reported harmful effects of the prescription opioid epidemic, like the surge in heroin addiction?
The Most Lethal Drugs in the U.S.
According to a U.S. News article, 70,237 drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S. in 2017. That number was up 10.4 percent from the 63,632 people who died from drug overdoses in 2016. Overdose deaths are on the rise in America, and they have been since the turn of the century.
These Ten Drugs Are Responsible for the Most Overdoses
When someone who is struggling with a drug habit turns on their local news and hears a report about a “New, lethal strain of heroin” or a “New batch of fentanyl that’s killing dozens of addicts,” their first thought isn’t to mourn such a sad situation or to avoid those drugs.
What Heroin Will Do to You
Heroin: A derivative of opium, heroin is one of the most addictive illegal drugs , and has many adverse short- and long-term effects. Withdrawals from heroin can be extremely painful and uncomfortable, which is one of the reasons many users find it difficult to stop once they start using.
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Critically Important Parenting Skills: Detecting a Child’s Drug Use, Part I
It is more important at this moment than ever before, that parents are able to identify drug use in their children. Why?
Why Does Naloxone Use Provoke Such Anger from Some People?
If you’re in a group of people working in drug rehab and you mention the opioid antidote naloxone, you’ll probably hear relief and appreciation for this drug that saves lives. But not everyone is so excited. Amazingly, some people think that those who overdose should be left to die. Why is this?
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Why Do Heroin Addicts Continue to Endanger Their Lives?
It’s utterly incomprehensible to an unaddicted person—why would a heroin addict continue to inject or smoke this substance that could kill them at any moment? Indeed, it makes no sense at all. But then, when a person is well and thoroughly addicted, reason is not what they are operating off .
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Only 1 in 9 People Suffering from Addiction Seek Treatment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that heroin deaths in the U.S. almost quadrupled from 2000 to 2013. The trend continues to worsen with nationwide heroin-related deaths increasing by an alarming 39.3 percent from 2012 to 2013 alone.
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Heroin Treatment: What Works
Based on a recently released study of 28 states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found heroin-related deaths doubled from 2010 to 2012. Heroin-related overdose deaths nationwide surged to 8,257 between 2012 and 2013, a 39 percent jump.