According to a study published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an estimated 10 million Americans admitted to misusing or abusing opioids in 2019. And in the same year, nearly 15 million Americans admitted to having an alcohol use disorder, notes a separate study published by the National Institutes of Health. Abusing […]
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Is heroin more dangerous than other opiates? This doesn\’t have a simple answer, but in many ways, it probably is. When misused, all opiates and opioids are potentially dangerous, but heroin does pose risks beyond those of pharmaceutical opioid drugs. Opiate or Opioid? Although the terms opioid and opiate are often used interchangeably, they are
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Most will agree that opioid addiction, both prescription and street-level variants, has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. To further put this into perspective, a 2018 study published by the American Psychiatric Association found that over 2 million people in America have a substance use disorder related to opioids. And addiction to these powerful
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For the past two decades, there has been an increase in opioid abuse, with over 10 million Americans abusing the opioid medication. However, most of the opioid abuse are medications prescribed by medical experts for relieving pain. Although opioids might be effective in pain management, they can be highly addictive and modify the natural chemical
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