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Maricopa county is showing the statistics of overdose deaths. Opioids are the leading cause of overdoses.

The opioid crisis is bigger than what most people realize. Hundreds of people die daily due to overdosing on opioids, millions affected each year. It all started in the early 90's when everyone said painkillers aren't addictive. Years later everyone finally realized that opioids are indeed very addictive. Opioids need to be prescribed carefully in order to help slowly resolve the issue.

In this article, it shows how this pandemic started. It also informs the readers of what we currently know about the opioid overdose and what we are doing about it.

Would you rather smoke burning leaves or vaporizing alcohol? Vapshot is a new product that is unsafe and harmful. How? OVERDOSING. Read more about it.

Would you rather smoke burning leaves or vaporizing alcohol? Vapshot is a new product that is unsafe and harmful. How? OVERDOSING. Read more about it.

Opioids are a very serious pain killer that is killing tons of people. Most opioids contain heroin, morphine, codeine, fentanyl, methadone, tramadol, and other similar substances

I also agree, opioids have cost many people their lives off of addiction. Addiction has become a problem with abuse of the drug.

I totally agree, addiction with opioids is so serious!

Marijuana is now being legalized in many states and it has zero chance of overdose. This sites explores the pros and cons.

This talks about how marijuana is a personal freedom. The reason being that you can not overdose on it, and it can't cause harm to you.

Opioid addiction is on the rise due to a health care system that emphasizes minimizing pain and suffering. Its lasting affects had a death toll of 64,000 in 2016. This is a leading discussing amongst political parties and the Trump Administration.

There are many major problems within our healthcare system. For instance, there is a huge shortage of healthcare workers. We need healthcare workers in order for hospitals to run smoothly. Not only is there a shortage of workers, there is an opioid crisis as well. Many things need to be done in order to fix the healthcare system.

The healthcare system is a mess right now. A lot of healthcare workers were called heroes in the beginning of covid and now they're being fired because they don't feel comfortable getting the vaccine. The shortage is from them getting fired. I actually lost my best friend to an accidental overdose.

Americans spend almost twice as much on health care then the average for the 10 most high earning nations despite having the highest rate of mortality and suicide. There are people who would just as soon try and deal with a broken bone on their own then risk thousands and thousands of dollars worth of medical bills.

The author of the article gives information about recent Drug abuse statistics and infographics on the trends in Arizona. The author also advertises the company Lakeview Health. While the article seems to be getting its statistics from credible sources like the CDC, its comments on how it can help people in Arizona with Drug abuse should be taken with a grain of salt because of its relation with a company bound to look for customers. (The Rehab Center is all the way in Florida).