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Drug Addiction

Worldwide, about 600,000 deaths were attributable to drug use in 2023. Close to 80% of these deaths are related to ... Show more

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Worldwide, about 600,000 deaths were attributable to drug use in 2023. Close to 80% of these deaths are related to opioids, with about 25% of those deaths caused by opioid overdose.

In order to understand these figures we must first understand the following:

What addiction is.
The stages of addiction.
The signs of addiction.
The treatment of addiction.

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Have drug related deaths decreased in recent years?

No, due to recent policies aimed at loosening regulations in an attempt to increase trade, it is now easier than ever before to acquire drugs and thus abuse them even more than in previous years.