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  • World Drug Report 2023. (posted 9/15/2023)

    Uniteded Nations Report...

  • Provisional Data Shows U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Top 100,000 in 2022 (posted 9/15/2023)

    Provisional data show that the reported number of drug overdose deaths occurring in the United States decreased by 2% from the 12 months ending in December 2021 to the 12 months ending in December 2022, from 107,573 to 105,452....

  • Synthetic Opioids (posted 9/15/2023)

    Synthetic opioids are substances that are synthesized in a laboratory and that act on the same targets in the brain as natural opioids...

  • Fake Prescription Pills (posted 9/15/2023)

    Many fake pills are made to look like prescription opioids – such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®) – but contain fentanyl or methamphetamine. ...

  • Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug (posted 9/15/2023)

    Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic. It is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than ...

  • What is Cocaine? (posted 9/15/2023)

    What is Cocaine? White, crystalline powder derived from coca leaves. Cocaine base (crack) looks like small, irregularly shaped white rocks. Cocaine is an intense, euphoria-producing stimulant drug with strong addictive potential....

  • They Start by Misusing A Prescription Opioid (posted 9/15/2023)

    Discovery Education's Operation Prevention...