Opioids are a leading cause of drug overdoses and have been for the past two decades. Opioids, both synthetic and prescription, have contributed to an increase in overdose deaths from 49,860 in 2019 to 81,86 in 2022. Prescription opioid overdoses went from 3,442 in 1999 to 14,716 in 2022. These figures have increased across all […]