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  1. A drug overdose ( overdose or OD) is the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities much greater than are recommended. [2] [3] Typically it is used for cases when a risk to health will potentially result. [2] An overdose may result in a toxic state or death. [3]

  2. 1,106,000 US residents (1968–2020) [4] A person using an inhalant. Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is the use of a drug in amounts or by methods that are harmful to the individual or others. It is a form of substance-related disorder. Differing definitions of drug abuse are used in public health, medical, and criminal justice contexts.

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  4. Number of yearly U.S. opioid overdose deaths from all opioid drugs U.S. overdose deaths involving opioids. Deaths per 100,000 population by year. Total drug overdose deaths in the United States U.S. yearly overdose deaths, and the drugs involved. Among the 106,000 deaths in 2021, the largest share was related to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids (70,601 deaths). There is an ongoing opioid ...

  5. Opioid crisis. The opioid crisis or opioid pandemic is the problems with opioid drugs. Too many people became addicted to opioids. [1] The crisis started in the United States in the 1990s. Since then, about 450,000 people have died from opioids in the United States. Most of the people who died took opioids as regular drugs and became addicted.

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