Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Zulu Nation, he is responsible for spreading rap and hip-hop culture throughout the world. He has consistently made records nationally and internationally, every one to two years, spanning the 1980âs into the next Millennium 2000.
According to government data released Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpassed 50,000 in 2015, the highest mark in at least 15 years. More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the most ever. The disastrous tally has been pushed to new heights by soaring abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers, a class of drugs known as opioids.
The number of opioid overdoses has increased in recent years, in part due to the increased use of opioids in the management of chronic non-cancer pain1. In the United States of America alone in 2010, there were an estimated 16 651 deaths due to overdose on prescription opioids and 3036 due to overdose on heroin.