US Senator: Drug use has increased among American youth

According to Fars News Agency’s International Service, a US lawmaker from the “Tennessee” states on Sunday acknowledged the increase in drug use among American youth.

Senator Marsha Blackburn tweeted: “Fentanyl overdose among American youth has increased by 20% by 2021. “Securing borders is a security issue for our children.”

Fentanyl is a very strong morphine overnight. Unlike natural narcotics, this substance has no plant or natural roots and is produced only in the laboratory and passes through the protective shell of the brain and spinal cord faster than morphine and heroin, and acts on the receptors of the brain with amazing power.

It was recently reported that drug-related deaths also helped record the total number of deaths in 2021.

Experts attribute the increase in drug-related deaths, especially among young people aged 14 to 18, to increased fentanyl use. Adolescent drug-related teen deaths in the United States more than doubled between 2010 and 2021, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

According to recent studies, the average life expectancy in the United States has decreased by more than two years in 2020 and 2021.

“Since 2016, drug overdoses have killed Americans almost as much as car accidents and gun violence,” the Cyanan news website recently wrote in a report.

“What we are seeing are the effects of these crisis patterns and the emergence of more dangerous drugs at much lower prices,” said Dr. Nora Volko, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. “In a crisis of this magnitude, those who used to take drugs may take more, and the addiction of those who are recovering may return.”

With the country reopening and society returning to normal before the corona epidemic, experts say people will continue to lose their lives due to drug overdose and strong stimulants unless steps are taken to significantly improve access to treatment, according to Cyanan. Dad.

“Even if Covid dies tomorrow, we still have a problem. These are deaths in people whose conditions are preventable and treatable,” said Dr. Andrew Collodny, medical director of opioid policy research at Brandeis University’s Heller School of Social Sciences. They have a cure. “The United States continues to fail on both fronts, both in preventing and treating opioids.”

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