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What you need to know about overdoses & the opioid epidemic
The rate of opioid overdose in the United States has tripled since 2000. To make matters more complicated, it's not always clear who is at risk for an overdose. The image you have in your mind of who a "drug user" is could be based on an inaccurate stereotype.
International Overdose Awareness Day is this Thursday and we want to make sure that you have all the information you need to keep yourself and your friends and family safe — and to help you understand who may be affected and what you can do to help.
What can cause an overdose?
When you think of an overdose, a dramatic image of someone injecting heroin may come to mind but there are ...
