ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE

Ren in Cannabis
August 27, 2021

What Are Synthetic Cannabinoids?

The general public might not understand what synthetic cannabinoids are. That wouldn’t be very surprising considering that this type of drug is constantly changing, constantly being altered, and renamed or reclassified by manufacturers to avoid confiscation by law enforcement.

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Ren in Information on U.S. States
February 27, 2019

Drug Deaths Now More Likely Than Most Preventable Causes of Death

“For the first time in the nation’s history, Americans are more likely to die from an opioid overdose than a car accident.” That was the headlines from a January 14th, 2019 article in U.S. News. I knew the drug problem was terrible, but I was surprised that it had gotten that bad.

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Joanne in Drug overdoses
January 15, 2018

Deadly Combination—Methadone and Xanax

Methadone and Xanax by themselves can be deadly—both of them are addictive, each drug on its own can cause deadly levels of central nervous system depression.

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Karen Hadley in Local News
August 18, 2016

The Cost of Fentanyl: Three Lives Lost in One Night in Oklahoma Home

In a quiet neighborhood of large, new houses in Oklahoma City, a man got ready to go to work as usual. When he went to find out why his family members were not showing up, he found two of them dead from fentanyl overdoses.

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