It began in the 1990s with prescription opioids hitting the market and the consequent rise in fatal overdoses growing since at least 1999. Currently, the situation varies in different states, as you can see in the infographic.
Even if you are taking opioid pain relievers under a doctor’s supervision, you can become dependent. AddictionResource authors warn people against changing the dose without consulting their doctor first, taking it more frequently, and using the medication for a longer period of time. And it goes without saying that street-obtained drugs are very dangerous.
Confronting the epidemic is going to take more than disrupting supply chains. The U.S. Government is making intensive efforts to battle the crisis, focusing on prevention, harm reduction, enforcement, and addiction treatment.
Infographic by: addictionresource
The year that has gone by has taught us how to stay in one place. But it hardly made any difference for bookworms. For people who breathe and live books, they know how to take mental trips across faraway lands, all from the comfort of their home. And they have many ways to do so, all thanks to the many genres of literature. From mystery to fantasy, thriller to sci-fi– you name it.
In this fast world, we are surrounded now more than ever with so much to read. It has become easier to access content online too. But whether it's online or offline, books can never go out of fashion. And it's easy to understand why avid readers are so addicted to literature. Reading is no less than a form of wonder, a type of art that can transport you to places within minutes. You get to live in a whole new world with the flick of a few pages.
The Ponzi scheme is a type of fraudulent tactic or scam, named after Charles Ponzi. It first started off by Ponzi who was born in 1882 in Italy. Looking forward to a better and more fortunate life, he had moved to America in 1903. However, his desire to seek fortune led him down to the path of crime and fraudulent tactics rather than gaining with integrity and honesty.
How did he make the scams work exactly? He would take money from new investors and pay dividends to older investors, keeping a lot of profit to himself. Out of all the scams, he was able to make a total of 193 million US dollars, which is just an estimate.
With the new year closing in on us, it goes without saying that we all have our hopes high. Looking back to the beginning of 2020, we can see how our year turned around due to the global pandemic. The coronavirus had us everywhere we looked. Social media, newspapers, the Internet in general, on television– almost every media was occupied by COVID-19. But that wasn't all.
In fact, there were many other major issues that made it to the news, regardless of the medium used. There were many tragic events that had us disturbed. Consider the brutal and cruel killing of George Floyd as an example. Or even the Australian bushfires, that killed hundreds to millions of animals and also disturbed the local people alike.
UNESCO world heritage sites are spread all over the world, and they are among those esteemed historical places that travellers look out for. However, some countries are simply blessed with more heritage sites than others. On the top of the list are Italy and China.
It is the United Nations that handles these sites marked as world heritage sites. All the historical buildings or other sites that have any value in terms of culture and history, are taken under the administration of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
Visual content is the most appealing to the human mind. We can find them in a variety of subjects. Lifestyle, entertainment, medicine, health and fitness, computers and much more. The best part about infographics is that they provide meaningful information, details that can be the most useful for the viewer or reader.
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