, published in the journal"Addiction," looked at a total of 632,331 drug overdoses between 1999 and 2016. Of these deaths, 78.2% were drug overdoses with known drug classification and 21.8% were unclassified drug overdoses. Of the unclassified drug overdoses, further investigation revealed that 71.8% involved opioids, translating to 99,160 additional opioid-related deaths., according to an estimate from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
"The risk of underreporting these cases is to underscore the scope of the current crisis which could lead to a slower or less intensive response in coming up with a viable solution," says Dr. Shailinder Singh, an emergency room psychiatrist practicing in New York City.including increased risk of infectious disease among IV drug users, a greater number of newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome and higher rates of emergency department visits for opioid involvement.
The United States is right in the middle of the third phase of the epidemic, due to the increasing availability of fentanyl and increasing rates of overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids.Toby Talbot/AP, FILE "Most notably, these include illegally manufactured fentanyl and carfentanil, which are 50 times and up to 5,000 times more potent than heroin, respectively." he added.
Opioid crisis should be addressed as it destroys lives
As someone who takes 2 medications for anxiety there is so many drugs out there especially for mental illness that doctor can prescribe that are not opioids. My doctor specially prescribed a non-opioid drug that’s a step down from Xanax because of the opioid crisis.
Is that why they want to ban vapor products? Not one politician is going after big pharma. Just the little businesses associated with Vapes.
186 billion people could have died
Depends on who you got, dont fuck with the devil and this wont affect you...truth
FLOTUS
Terrible news!
I wish I has some of these.
It is misleading when your headline is 'Opioid Deaths' Your photo is a prescription bottle, inferring rx opioids are causing the deaths. It is street drugs causing the majority of the deaths. Often because the opioid has been mixed w other strong drugs You should Remove the photo
It's tough for me to show sympathy for people that were 'tough on crime' when it was the crack epidemic in other neighborhoods 30 years ago.
Not good addict little follow up rule
Government loves it. Government is in debt a trillion dollars more every year so the more people who die, the less they gotta pay out for social services.
It could also be lower, if we didn’t criminalize being in pain & force pain patients to seek help on the streets where meds are not regulated & can have fatal inconsistencies. We did better when MDs monitored meds. Now we’ve turned cartels into pharmacists for the sick/disabled.
Why don't you be real: ODs from synthetic oxycodone and/or illicit fentanyl. What new drug you trying to help peddle? Cuz shit like this is why I (millions of others) can't get appropriate tx. Do some actual investigate journalism instead of pushing lobbyist agendas.
Far, far more Americans will die from the product of the CIA Afghan Poppy Fields than will die from the CoronaVirus
Problem is they are taking these away from. People who really do need pain relief
Well we would have less addiction if the cops arrested sex criminals instead of protecting them like Penzone4sheriff PhxPDChief phoenixpolice & ScottsdalePD have done for Officer Jarvis & his Sex Crimes accomplices! When will the fbi act?
Many people either don't respond to opioids or become addicted to them. Cannabis neither has the addictive potential of opioids, or the danger over lethal overdose.
Irresponsible media gave the Obama administration a pass on the opioid epidemic.
Contradicting trump of course
abc. TruthNews Opioid Prescriptions Down 50% ...yet Opioid ODs are still Up 50% This fake OpioidCrisis has NOTHING TO DO WITH PAIN PTS. cancer als sicklecell crps eds neuropathy aids ms (thousands of suicides) THE CRISIS IS UNTX PAIN!!
RealRonHoward So? Same for every issue of this type. Now do; Suicide, alcoholism
It even says in your article that the majority of opioid-related overdoses are from things like heroin and illicit fentanyl, and yet you choose a photo of medication... 🙄
RealRonHoward
RealRonHoward Probably a “ hoax”
RealRonHoward The secret is; it benefits them to keep it secret..
Do better These are deaths from illicit fentanyl & heroin NOT prescribed & appropriately taken medication The opioids in fatal mix are diverted & illegally obtained But I get it, you need ratings, so your feeding the hysteria with your grossly misleading splash pic
RealRonHoward But.. but.. if guns don't kill people then neither do opiates and cigarettes
TheDarkGift_ ACTUAL cause of “opioid-related overdoses” fixedit
just say no.. right?
RealRonHoward Hand in hand with this, is the rise in foster care. A few hundred thousand MORE kids were put in foster care, due to the opioid crisis, this past year than the year before! Now Dr's don't believe anyone. Your intestines could be hanging out & they'll give you Tylenol.
How much does abc make off big pharma advertising. You see all these stories demonizing green leaf cannabis by corporate media & then abc & other networks cover for big pharma by not reporting the epidemic of opioids. + how many decent people have been locked up for smoking weed
RealRonHoward This is ridiculous.....do you think that it's a conspiracy?
No biopsy in my lifetime means pills
RealRonHoward ...unfortunately, just one Presidential Medal of Freedom-winner shy of 29%...
RealRonHoward so it's really class warfare?
RealRonHoward So by all means keep marijuana illegal.
Sen em 2 504 b st east prairie mo 63845 and u wont have that problem with my name on the bottle
Oh don’t worry the corona virus is worse remember
get the fentanyl off the streets ffs. Stop being puritanical and get on board with harm reduction. Put people in treatment, not prison. Treat chronic pain patients humanely and give them the meds they need, under doctor's supervision. enough already.
White people addicted to meth and opioids = crisis Black people addicted to crack cocaine = private prison stimulus package Good 'ol white supremacist America.
Meanwhile Purdue CEO was paid $9m before he lost the role. I hope that's enough for him. He did a great job killing people
And the Narrative for the week? 🤔 The Flu 😷!!!
Cigarettes have killed more.
Smoke more weed
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