CDC: Overdose Deaths Up Across Drug Categories in 2015 to 2016
Over 66% of drug overdose deaths in 2016 involved an opioid.
Over 66% of drug overdose deaths in 2016 involved an opioid.
Counterculture “holiday” 4/20 may increase the incidence of fatal traffic crashes among participants.
There’s no doubt that drugged driving is a growing problem, and one that, coincidentally or not, dovetails with expanding decriminalization of marijuana around the country.
Lifetime prevalence of use peaked in 1989, 2002, and stable until a decline in 2013 to 2015.
Admissions due to heroin and prescription opioids rose 64% over a decade.
The AK-47 24 Karat Gold was up to 85 times more potent than the plant-based cannabis.
The use of tobacco and alcohol among teens also decreased significantly.
Cannabis may disrupt and delay signal transmitted along the visual pathway via the optic nerve.
Americans age 65 years and older more than doubled their use of cannabis over 8 years.
The researchers found that many drug users, however, still share needles sometimes.