Sentences with phrase «opioid use nearly»

«Rather than educating youth about the dangers of opioids, focusing on getting hardened drug dealers poisoning our children off the streets, and offering addicts effective treatment, we will instead signal to users that addiction is a manageable condition and you can partake in illegal opioid use nearly risk - free.»

Not to be outdone, Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis asked the Trump administration to block the injection sites because they would «signal to users that addiction is a manageable condition and you can partake in illegal opioid use nearly risk - free.»

Not exact matches

In a study looking at hospital discharge diagnostic codes, antepartum maternal opioid use increased nearly fivefold from 2000 to 2009 (7).

In 2016, the county had 11 heroin - related deaths, eight opioid overdose deaths and nearly 1,200 people admitted to treatment for heroin and opioid use, officials said.

«According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 80 percent of Americans using heroin reported misusing prescription opioids, first.»

POPPING PILLS Nearly 92 million U.S. adults used prescription opioids in 2015, a new study estimates.

Relieving pain was the most commonly cited reason for people's most recent episode of misuse — for 66 percent of those reporting misuse, such as using without a prescription, and nearly 49 percent of those with opioid dependence or abuse.

The ED - initiated buprenorphine group was nearly twice as likely to be enrolled in addiction treatment, and used illicit opioids for fewer days, during the 30 days after the ED visit.

In one study, nearly 13 percent of high school seniors reported nonmedical use of prescription opioids.