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Latest Data Indicates Pandemic Spurring Rise in Overdose Deaths

Addiction, Blog, Co-Occurring Disorders, Current Interests, Substance Use DisordersBy BoardPrep Recovery Center^®July 24, 2020

“The concerns we have are related to the big challenges people are facing right now with COVID-19: isolation and uncertainty resulting in very high levels of stress.” — Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) According to a White House drug policy office analysis, there was a significant rise (11.4%)…

US opioid problem getting worse, not better . . . BUT treatment works

Addiction, Drug RehabBy boardprep1 March 7, 2018

(CNN) The opioid epidemic in the United States shows no signs of slowing, according to a Vital Signs report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report found that emergency department visits due to suspected opioid overdoses continued to climb — about 30% — from July 2016 to September 2017 across…