Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"

The number of Veterans to whom the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) program issued naloxone ("a medication used to block the effects of a potentially fatal opioid overdose") from May 2014 to September 2019, according to a recent press release from the VA. 

The percentage increase between 2017 and 2018 of soldiers testing positive for THC at "nine Army bases in or near marijuana-friendly states," according to a recent article in the military-focused online publication, Task & Purpose. "For comparison, there has been a 5% increase in soldiers testing positive for THC across the entire Army." THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is "the principal psychoactive component in cannabis."