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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • Alcohol is the third largest risk factor for disease burden worldwide, and is the leading risk factor in the Western Pacific and the Americas and the second largest in Europe.
  • Fatal opioid-related drug overdose poisonings represent the fastest growing segment of overall deaths in the U.S. that are reported to be caused by poisonings.
  • In the workplace, men are twice as likely to report current illicit drug use as their female counterparts (10% vs. 5%).
  • As of 2008, 13.3% of eighth graders, 17.2% of tenth graders, and 25.4% of twelfth high school seniors in the U.S. reported that heroin was "fairly easy" or "very easy" to obtain.
  • According to recent data that has been compiled by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the group that has reported the highest increases in death by drug overdose within the past several years are reported to be middle-aged white females and teenagers and young adults that are between the ages of 16-24 that live in southern portions of the United States.
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Native American or Alaska Native Languages

Native Americans and Alaska Natives have much higher rates of abuse and addiction than other ethnicities, a situation which must be addressed for these cultures to survive. In fact, Native American and Alaska youth have some of the highest rates of alcohol and drug abuse in the country. Though the reasons may vary from person to person, most of the reasons for the high rates of abuse among Native American and Alaska natives are cultural ones. The most obvious obstacles to treating Native Americans and Alaska Natives for substance abuse are culture differences and language. This is why it is crucial that Native Americans and Alaska Natives receive substance abuse treatment in a drug rehab program that is specifically catered to this ethnic group, but most importantly in one that can provide treatment and therapy in the Native American or Alaska Native languages.

Native American Or Alaska Native Language Services category listings in Parkston, South Dakota: