The numbers just seemed incredibly high to me. I looked for similar data for the EU, and I found one report for 2015 (http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/p

The numbers just seemed incredibly high to me. I looked for similar data for the EU, and I found one report for 2015 (http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/4541/TDAT17001ENN.pdf http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/4541/T...). The number of overdose deaths in the EU is ~7500 there, and there is no similar large increase since 2006 (the data in that report doesn't go as far back as the NY Times article data for the US). The report cautions that there is underreporting in some countries, but even then the number seems to be much lower than in the US.