The Opioid Crisis -A Cataclysmic Event: Over One Million Dead!

by Allen Kelley

The Opioid Tsunami - 70,237 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in 2017. The age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths increased significantly by 9.6% from 2016 (19.8 per 100,000) to 2017 (21.7 per 100,000). Opioids-mainly synthetic opioids (other than methadone)-are currently the main driver of drug overdose deaths. Opioids were involved in 47,600 overdose deaths in 2017 (67.8% of all drug overdose deaths).The opioid epidemic, and addiction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B083XX4WMR
• ISBN13: 9798600936379
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"