Women veterans who
misuse opioid drugs also have an especially high risk of suicide, the study finds.
Not exact matches
The «Too Good for
Drugs» expansion is part of a comprehensive city effort unveiled on Staten Island Monday to combat
opioid misuse deaths across the five boroughs.
While considered much safer and non-addictive than potent
opioid drugs like hydrocodone, it can also be prone to
misuse and abuse.
In the advisory, Adams identified several groups of people at elevated risk of overdoses, including people who
misuse prescription
opioids, those who use
drugs like heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl, and those who have recently left treatment programs or incarceration.
The
misuse of prescription
opioids such as OxyContin is inextricably linked with that of street
drugs such as heroin.
Around 50 percent of people who
misuse opioids get the
drugs from a friend or relative for free, while 22 percent obtain them from a doctor, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
«It's suggestive evidence that medical marijuana might help divert people away from the path where they would start using [an
opioid drug], and of course if they don't start, they're not on that path to
misuse and abuse and potentially death.»
The findings are among many in a survey exploring attitudes and awareness of Americans about the
opioid epidemic in particular and
drug misuse in general, as well as how to address the crisis.
We do know that people who experience strains, like sex assault, are more likely to use illicit
drugs, and we certainly need to be mindful of halting an already nationwide epidemic of
opioid and other
drug misuse.»
Use and
misuse of
opioids — morphine and related
drugs, including prescription pain medications — has risen rapidly in recent years, leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to declare a nationwide «
opioid epidemic.»
«People who use medical marijuana more likely to use and
misuse other prescription
drugs: New study raises questions about cannabis to reduce
opioid use.»
Monitoring for harm includes detecting
opioid misuse through UDT, pill counts and use of state prescription
drug monitoring programs.
One in 10 electronic dance music (EDM) party attendees have
misused opioids in the past year, exceeding the national average, finds a study by the Center for
Drug Use and HIV / HCV Research (CDUHR) at NYU Meyers College of Nursing.
Every day, more than 90 Americans die after overdosing on
opioids, and the economic burden of prescription
opioid misuse in the United States totals $ 78.5 billion per year, according to the National Institute on
Drug Abuse.
Jianren Mao, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, remembers the optimism a few years ago about «tamper - resistant»
opioid drugs — new formulations of current medications that are supposed to curtail their being
misused for getting high through being crushed, snorted or injected.
While there is a lack of demonstrable evidence that any
drug diversion is happening from veterinary offices, the problem of
misuse and abuse of
opioid medications is a local, state and national problem, and we want to share this information with you.