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Heroin is the deadliest of drugs for decades and it leads the drug-related death statistics, by a large margin. The reason is that opioids, substances which are the drug of the opium Poppy, similar to that naturally occur in the brain. And you intoxicate not only that, you can also dampen important functions in the

U.S. Air Force veteran Herb Erne II, 76, of North Carolina, died by suicide in February 2018. On the right is the note to his wife, saying he could no longer stand the chronic pain. One woman spoke of how her mother, at 72 years old, and in pain because of degenerative bone disease, saw

The plateau in opioid use hopefully indicates a decrease in overdose deaths. While the opioid epidemic is still a serious problem in the United States, the crisis is no longer rising, NBC News reports. Health Secretary Alex Azar announced this new information at a health care event in Washington on Tuesday, October 23. “We are

Doctors are calling for heroin, cocaine and cannabis to be made LEGAL: Experts argue users should be able to seek help without the threat of jail Royal College of Physicians, which represents 26,000 medics, supports the call It believes drug addiction ‘must be considered a health issue first and foremost’ The body claims illegal-drug users