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  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • By the mid-nineties heroin purity was around 40 percent or higher, but as high as 60-75% in the Northeast.
  • The main cause of overdose death that results from opiates is related to depressed breathing, which can potentially lead to unconsciousness and subsequent death.
  • Drug injectors who do not enter drug rehab are up to six times more likely to become infected with HIV than those who enter and remain in treatment.
  • Between 2005 and2009 among males aged 50 and older, narcotic pain reliever involvement in emergency room visits for attempted suicides almost tripled (from 882 to 2,589 visits).
  • A local doctor and nurse team in Wichita, Kansas have garnered national attention as they are accused of running a large-scale "pill mill" the led to the opiate-related drug overdose deaths of 68 patients.
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