Tag: covid opioids
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Opioid Dependence Is Affecting Your Longevity
In recent years, prescription drug abuse has become a massive problem. Although people initially take them for specific medical reasons, most people end up building dependence. This is not because of the pain, but because of the feel-good effect these drugs have on the person. When this happens, the person no longer uses the drugs…
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Opioid Crisis: How COVID-19 Has Accelerated Addiction Risk
What happens when two epidemics meet? The opioid epidemic has been one of the most growing public health emergencies in American history. As such, it wasn’t long before the top two public health emergencies met and created a bigger crisis. According to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released in…