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I believe at least one of the reasons why those are given more attention is because they are more likely to affect younger people and they seem more preventable
by dehue 9y ago
I believe at least one of the reasons why those are given more attention is because they are more likely to affect younger people and they seem more preventable. As opposed to cancer and heart disease which are more likely to kill older people and often develop over a lifetime.
- cmurphycode 9y agoYeah, I think that's definitely part of it. https://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@sop/@smd/documents/downloadable/ucm_449846.pdf https://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@sop/@smd... http://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/opioid-overdose-deaths-by-age-group/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%2225-34%22,%22sort%22:%22desc%22%7D http://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/opioid-overdose-dea...