Drug Crisis: What is the California State Doing to Control the Epidemic?
Pre-Conditions for the Growth of Addiction The United States faces a severe drug addiction crisis, with California exemplifying the national challenge where 5.36 million residents aged 12 and older (16.2%) had a substance use disorder in 2021. Nationally, over 100,000 Americans died from overdoses of non-prescribed drugs in 2023, driven largely by opioids like fentanyl….