> This article is written from a scholarly point of view and has a lot of conjecture but I definitely don't think they had any boots on the ground to make the c

> This article is written from a scholarly point of view and has a lot of conjecture but I definitely don't think they had any boots on the ground to make the conclusions that they did, particularly with regards to saying the epidemic in Appalachia is a result of on the job injuries. There are no jobs to get injured on anymore. They may be confusing people injured in the workplace with people receiving Social Security Disability payments: http://www.dailyyonder.com/files/images/DisabilityMap.jpg http://www.dailyyonder.com/files/images/DisabilityMap.jpg If you look at the map with the percentage of Americans receiving disability it does seem to correlate rather strongly with the overdose maps - at least in Appalachia.