Specific populations of American Indian adolescents who completed programs which incorporated peer counseling, enhancing adolescents' coping skills, and alcohol education were found to use less alcohol than their counterparts who did not complete the program.
The rate of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. has increased five-fold since 1990, primarily due to the non-medical use of prescription drugs.
The clandestine laboratories that produce analogues of fentanyl for illicit consumption often mix other drugs with fentanyl and sell it to consumers to make a quick buck.
The fact that individuals who take hypnotics such as barbiturates and benzodiazepines will have withdrawal symptoms when they cease using these substances is very well known.