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 figure above is a bar chart showing the total number of U.S. overdose deaths involving cocaine from 2002 to 2015. The chart is overlayed by a line graph showing the number of deaths of females and males. From the lowest number in 2010 to 2015, thereâs been a 1.6-fold increase in the total number of deaths.