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What You Should Know about Opioids
Alabama Statistics about Opioids: The number of overdose deaths(OD) climbed by 82% from 2006 to 2014 (and this is with little consistency around ER’s not reporting on OD deaths) In 2016, there were 756 drug-related deaths in Alabama, the majority of which were opioid related In 2016, Alabama doctors wrote 121 prescriptions per every 100 …
SEC Nation’s Lauren Sisler Weighs in on What Matters in the Game of Life
The United States makes up four percent of the world’s population yet experiences 27 percent of the world’s drug overdose deaths. This is a jarring statistic for sports journalist Lauren Sisler. It’s also a personal one. In 2003, while a freshman at Rutgers University, she lost both parents to prescription drug overdoses within hours …
