DRUG DEATHS
Drug and Alcohol Deaths is Now Affecting Average American Life Expectancy
When we think of the quality of living in the U.S., our first concept is that our country is healthy, operating well, and with residents who live long, fulfilling lives. Sure we have our fast food and our even faster lifestyles, but we generally conceive the U.S. as being a pretty healthy and “able-bodied” country. It might come as a surprise then that the U.S. national life expectancy has dropped for two years in a row, and it has dropped because of the opiate epidemic.
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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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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What Oklahoma DOESN’T Need: Record-Setting Drug Overdose Deaths
Opinions vary about what’s needed to solve Oklahoma’s most pressing problems. But one thing is certain: Oklahoma doesn’t need any more drug overdose deaths.
