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The US makes up 5 percent of the world’s population and consumes approximately 80 percent of the world’s prescription opioid drugs.Many people take prescription medications responsibly, however, an estimated 18 million people have misused such medications at least once in the past year.What is prescription drug abuse?Prescription drug abuse includes everything from taking someone else’s prescription painkiller for your backache to snorting or injecting ground-up pills to get high. Drug abu …

Fentanyl fuels rapid rise in overdoses Fentanyl is a highly addictive synthetic opiate pain reliever. It's typically prescribed to patients for severe pain or injury, or after a patient has undergone surgery. It works quickly to eliminate any pain in the body. However, it can also be very addictive. Fentanyl is 50x more potent than heroin and 100x more potent than morphine. Fentanyl is one of the most dangerous and widely abused drugs and is contributing to the alarming nu …