DRUG OVERDOSE STATISTICS
Drug Abuse Skyrockets to the Top of Preventable Causes of Death
By now it should not come as a surprise to anyone that our country is struggling with a terrible and vicious substance abuse epidemic, a problem so serious that it has ranked first as a public crisis, then a health epidemic, and now a national public health emergency.
Drug Overdose Deaths Up Six-Hundred Percent in Twenty Years: Addiction Vs. Abuse
When we look at the drug problem in the U.S., the biggest shocker is how rapidly this issue went from being a problem to a crisis, a crisis to an epidemic, and an epidemic to a full-on National Public Health Emergency .
Arizona Staggers Under Increasing Burden of Opioid Overdose Deaths
Reports coming out of Arizona health agencies and news services reveal how the opioid addiction and overdose problem is escalating in the state, resulting in staggering losses. .