What are Opiates?
Drug overdose deaths from prescription opioids have increased. Matter of fact, according to drugabuse.gov, there were more than 70,000 overdose deaths in 2017. Compare that to almost 17,000 fatalities due to drug overdoses in 1999 including opiates and opioids. Unfortunately, the trend isn’t going away at the moment. But exactly what are opiates? Knowledge increases…