GPA assumes a grading scale of A, B, C, D, F. Each grade is assigned a number of grade points. An A grade receives 4 points, a B=3, a C=2, a D=1, and an F=0. The process is the same whether you are working on secondary or college grades.f you take a three unit class and receive an A grade, you receive 3 units times 4 points (for the A), which gives a total of 12 grade points for the course.
Prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence carries high costs for American society, with an estimated total economic burden of $78.5 billion, according to a study in the October issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.
The CDC reports that in 2015, drug overdoses involving an opioid accounted for 33,091 US deaths, constituting 63.1% of all drug overdose deaths. From 2014 to 2015, the age-adjusted opioid-involved death rate increased by 15.6%, from 9.0 to 10.4 per 100,000 in 2014.