https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/fueled-by-drug-crisis-us-life-expectancy-declines-for-a-second-straight-year/2017/12/20/2e3f8dea-e596-11e

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/fueled-by-drug-crisis-us-life-expectancy-declines-for-a-second-straight-year/2017/12/20/2e3f8dea-e596-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.4ff0dedeeff8 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/fuele... Looks like it's attributed to drug epidemic edit: I've posted this WP article because I couldn't actually read the Economist article due to paywall, and I figured other readers may have same issues.