by Monty Self | Aug 2, 2022 | Opinion
More than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from unintended drug overdoses in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is a 15% increase over the 91,799 lives lost in 2020, which was a record increase of 30% over 2019. With...
by Michael Chancellor | Apr 23, 2021 | Opinion
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 24. While Take Back Day is focused on clearing out opioids from the home that are no longer needed or expired, the annual observance is also an opportunity to clean out other...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 10, 2019 | News
More than two-thirds (67.8 percent) of all drug-related overdose deaths in 2017 involved opioids, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released Dec. 21. Illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF) – a synthetic opioid used for pain that the...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 28, 2017 | News
The number of U.S. teens dying from drug overdose is on the rise, according to a report released in mid-August by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). From 1999 to 2007, the CDC tracked a steady and significant increase in drug-related deaths of U.S....
