About a Third of Psychoactive Prescriptions Misused by Teens
Razi Berry Nearly a third of US teens and young adults prescribed a psychoactive drug misuse that drug, with the likelihood of misuse rising with age, suggests an analysis of national survey responses published in the online journal Family Medicine & Community Health. Stimulants and tranquillizers were more likely to be misused than opioids, the […]
Not All Industrialized Countries Experiencing Opioid Crisis
Razi Berry In 2016, 10 times as many Americans as Germans died as a result of drug overdoses, mostly opiates. Three times as many Americans as Germans experienced opioid addiction. Could contrast in opioid addiction signify how pain is viewed between two countries? Even as the rates of addiction in the U.S. have risen dramatically […]