This Ohio county may need a second morgue to handle the number of fentanyl overdoses

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN – Updated 2:45 PM ET, Thu February 13, 2020 (CNN) If overdose deaths don’t slow down in Franklin County, Ohio, a temporary morgue may be needed to store the bodies. The county has seen 23 overdose deaths from January 31 to February 7, Dr. Anahi Ortiz, the county’s coroner, said in a statement on her …

42 Addiction Statistics and Facts to Know in 2019

by Hristina Nikolovska -  September 10, 2019 We’ve compiled the following list of addiction statistics from several verified sources to help educate you. Addiction is a big problem throughout the world, with a lot of people battling various forms of the disease. Because of addiction’s prevalence in the world today, it has become necessary to know the various …

Disturbing CDC statistics show that opioids have killed more people than the Vietnam War

Sunday, February 17, 2019 by: Rhonda Johansson (Natural News) Data from a newly released study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that nearly a quarter of a million Americans have died in the last two decades from overdosing on opioid drugs — a number four times the number of U.S. casualties from the entire Vietnam War. The …