OPIOIDS have the highest risk of
causing mortality when looking at
drugs of addiction, including
alcohol and cocaine.
The finding is part of a study by
the US Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health published in Drug
and Alcohol Dependence which
tracked the records of more than
800,000 individuals hospitalised
with drug dependence between
1990 and 2005.
The study found that for people
dependent on opioids, the risk of
death was 5.71 times higher than
healthy individuals.
Opioids were closely followed by
methamphetamine for mortality
risks, with researchers finding that
compared to healthy individuals
...
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