Drug Overdose Death Rate at All-Time High: CDC Report
In Michigan, deaths from drug overdose rose 13 percent in 2014 compared to the year prior.
10,574 individuals died from heroin, a 26 percent increase for the year. use in 2014 The CDC report said heroin overdoses. The new report, however, suggested that heroin-related death had something to do with the drug’s accessibility.
The alarming rise, which the CDC calls an epidemic in their report, is attributed in large part to opioids, such as certain pain relievers and heroin. These departures were also on the upswing for the two genders, non-Hispanic whites and blacks, and adults aged 25 to 65.
Nearly 50,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S.in 2014, a new record driven by the departures of heroin addicts and individuals abusing prescription painkillers, according to new national data. The worst thing to note is that opioids are involved in 61% of all drug overdose deaths, which is highly prescribed by doctors.
Drug overdose deaths in the US are up by a record-high rate.
This month, Rolling Stone published a letter by the ex-wife of American musician Scott Weiland, who overdosed on drugs, titled “Scott Weiland’s Family: ‘Don’t Glorify This Tragedy.'” USA Today recently highlighted parents of an 18-year-old girl who died after a heroin overdose because they used her obituary to raise awareness about opioid addiction. However, at high doses, it can also slow breathing.
More than that, people addicted to opioids should have access to treatment, including access to naloxone, a drug that can reverse the symptoms in case of an opioid overdose.
Drug overdoses are killing more people in the United States now than ever before. In 2014, there were approximately one and a half times more drug overdose deaths in the United States than deaths from motor vehicle crashes.
State and local public health agencies, medical examiners and coroners, and law enforcement agencies must work together to improve detection of and response to illicit opioid overdose outbreaks to address this emerging threat to public health and safety.