Search Results for opioid abuse and millennials
Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic
…from their healthcare provider «key_3» 50 and Washington, D.C. 4 Support for Substance Abuse Treatment Services: Participating in Medicaid Expansion, which helps expand coverage of substance abuse services and treatment…
Annual Deaths Due to Alcohol, Drugs or Suicide Exceeded 150,000 According to the Most Recent Data – And Could Get Worse Due to COVID-19
…due to prescription opioid abuse but increases in deaths involving synthetic opioids including fentanyl. Death rates for all opioids were down 2 percent, but the death rate for synthetic opioids…
Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
…suicide deaths has been especially pronounced amongst Millennials. Millennials, people born between 1981 and 1996, faced and continue to face a mix of challenges unique to their generation including the…
Number of Americans Dying Due to Alcohol, Drugs, and Suicide is at an All-time High
…an all-time high. Synthetic opioids continue to drive increases in deaths Synthetic opioid deaths rose 45 percent between 2016 and 2017 and have increased 10-fold in the last five years….
ER Visits for Opioid Overdoses Soaring
March 7, 2018 by Dennis Thompson HealthDay America’s opioid epidemic is escalating at breakneck speed, with tens of thousands of overdose victims spilling into the nation’s emergency rooms seeking lifesaving…
Pain in the Nation
…addressing pain before it gets worse. Stem the Opioid Crisis with a full-scale approach – including promoting responsible opioid prescribing practices (such as provider education and best practices for Prescription…
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Increased by 31 Percent in 2020; Up 56 Percent for Synthetic Opioids
…a rate 31 percent higher than over 2019 when 70,630 Americans died of drug overdoses (21.6 deaths per 100,000). Opioid overdose deaths: 68,630 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2020,…