There are even 10-year victims: American teenagers are increasingly dying from drug overdoses

In a single five-year period, teens and preteens in the US could lose about 200 years of life due to unintentional drug overdose, according to a new study. The study, published Jan. 000 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, may be one of the first…

Mortality from alcohol, drugs and suicide in the United States reached a maximum in 20 years

The number of deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in the United States has reached the highest level in the history of federal data collection since 1999, according to the analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conducted with the participation of two non-profit organizations. In 2017 ...

In New York, dozens of people were taken to hospital because of drugs.

In New York, more than 25 people have been hospitalized for a reaction to a synthetic marijuana known as K2. WABC-TV reports police responded to a massive overdose in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday. The police did not make any arrests, but they started looking for the person who spread K2. IN…

In the US, created an application for rescue from heroin overdose

The OD Help mobile application will appear in the United States, with the help of which you can call emergency assistance in case of a heroin overdose. The program works on the principle of Uber, reports Co.Exist. When opening the application, the user will see the "Help" button, clicking on which will notify the ambulance and all the nearest ...

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