Brandwonden en snijwonden veroorzaakt door e-sigaret explosies hebben geleid tot ziekenhuisopname en operaties bij tiener vapers, waarschuwen onderzoekers.
In augustus 2020 hadden volgens de Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association in totaal 20 staten wetten aangenomen die naloxon op scholen toestaan. Hoewel het vaak aan schoolbesturen wordt overgelaten, eisen staten als Maryland, New Jersey en Rhode Island dat scholen het bij de hand houden
De CDC zei dat er in 2021 naar schatting 107.622 sterfgevallen door overdosis drugs waren, een stijging van 15% ten opzichte van het vorige record van 93.655 in 2020. Het aantal sterfgevallen door overdosis drugs steeg van 2019 tot 2020 met 30%.
Experts waren aanvankelijk optimistisch en wezen op een aantal mogelijke oorzaken voor de 3% daling van het aantal zelfmoorden in het land. Maar velen geloven dat de opioïde epidemie veel sterfgevallen maskeert die in werkelijkheid zelfmoorden waren.
Onderzoekers weten nog steeds niet waarom het aantal marihuana-gerelateerde spoedgevallen tussen 2005 en 2019 explosief is gestegen onder oudere volwassenen.
Wetenschappers hebben waarneembare veranderingen vastgesteld in de hersenen van mensen die dagelijks één of twee drankjes namen, waardoor de huidige nationale richtlijnen inzake veilige alcoholconsumptie in vraag worden gesteld.
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