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| Deaths from cocaine, meth mixed with opioids on the rise |
| 2021-04-06 |
| [UPI] Overdose deaths resulting from a dangerous combination of cocaine and opioids are outpacing fatalities linked to cocaine abuse alone, a new U.S. government report warns. "Much of the increase in the rate of drug overdose deaths involving cocaine in recent years is due to the co-occurrence of opioids," said study author Dr. Holly Hedegaard. A similar trend has started taking hold because of the combined abuse of both methamphetamines and opioids. Starting in 2017, deaths attributed to that pairing started to outpace deaths linked to meth alone. Still, the role played by opioids in cocaine and meth overdoses have so far differed by degree. RELATED Hospital costs for substan |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 John Belushi was a pioneer! |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-04-06 12:29 |
| #5 Used to call them speed balls. Coke and Heroine. Guess they are back in style, a painless heart attack... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2021-04-06 11:43 |
| #4 I've been watching on YT the Columbus Ohio Police body camera videos..LOTS of that there..plus meth, of course...sad. |
| Posted by: Unosh Hupinelet8756 2021-04-06 11:11 |
| #3 Well yeah, COMa - truth in advertising |
| Posted by: Ebbavigum Thud6177 2021-04-06 08:27 |
| #2 Part of the gaudy ritual in the era of the new Woke Covenant. "Let us now gives thanks and praise to the Blessed Martyr, St George Floyd" [priest distributes meth and fentanyl cocktails] |
| Posted by: Gloluns Unusose1193 2021-04-06 05:46 |
| #1 The future is here? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-04-06 05:31 |