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Mar 23, 2016 · In recent years, heroin use in North America has exploded into an “epidemic.” At the same time, policymakers and the public have clashed over how to properly treat this public health scourge.
- Aaron Goodman
The opioid epidemic, also referred to as the opioid crisis, is the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse/abuse, and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates/opioids since the 1990s. It includes the significant medical, social, psychological, demographic and economic consequences of the medical ...
Photographs by James Nachtwey. The opioid crisis is the worst addiction epidemic in American history. Drug overdoses kill more than 64,000 people per year, and the nation’s life expectancy has...
Sep 11, 2024 · What was it about the heroin epidemic of the 1960s and 1970s that caused such strong views? How did those views feed into treatment, and how do they colour our contemporary understanding of addiction and shape our clinical practices in the addiction industry?
May 7, 2024 · Heroin is a highly addictive, dangerous opioid. Using heroin with other drugs or alcohol increases the risk of an overdose, which can lead to coma or death. While the number of heroin overdose deaths has increased since 2010, the rate is now decreasing.
Apr 5, 2024 · 2021-2022. Opioid-involved death rates decreased by 12.5%. Prescription opioid-involved death rates remained the same. Heroin-involved death rates decreased nearly 36%. Synthetic opioid-involved death rates (excluding methadone) increased over 4%. 1. Three waves of opioid overdose deaths. View Larger.
Oct 23, 2017 · October 23, 2017. Life on the front lines of the opioid epidemic is an intimate, relentless battle. First responders bring heroin users back from the dead, only to return, often, to the same...
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