Shocking Drug Overdose Problem amongst Middle Aged Women
When you think about a death due to drug overdose, most of us picture an
irresponsible teen or a homeless person on the streets, not the mom next door or
your own grandmother.
But a report released...
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Shocking Drug Overdose Problem amongst Middle Aged Women
When you think about a death due to drug overdose, most of us picture an
irresponsible teen or a homeless person on the streets, not the mom next door or
your own grandmother.
But a report released by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) recently shocked the public by blowing this stereotype out
of the water.
The CDC’s collected data found middle-aged women to be the fasting
growing group of individuals dying from drug overdoses.
And the worst culprit is
prescription painkillers.
Drug Overdose Trends
In the past, men that were addicted to heroin or cocaine accounted for most drug overdose deaths.
However, this changed in 2010 when women accounted for approximately 40 percent of overdose
deaths, with many of them being middle-aged women who had taken prescription painkillers.
In the grand scheme of things, more men still die from prescription and illegal drug overdoses –
approximately 23,000 men died of drug
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