Opioid Abuse in the United States: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Effects, and Treatment
Prevalence Substance and opioid abuse are critical public health concerns in the US. Opioids are drugs commonly prescribed to alleviate pain; however, their misuse can lead to addiction, overdose, and death. According to Volkow and Blanco (2020), approximately 50,000 people in the US died from opioid-involved overdoses in 2019 alone....