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I don't think so - over-prescription of opioids and more common usage of fentanyl seem to the be the key factors in the death increases. Nothing to do with unde
by piracykills 8y ago
I don't think so - over-prescription of opioids and more common usage of fentanyl seem to the be the key factors in the death increases. Nothing to do with underlying socioeconomic conditions nor societal problems. I don't understand how you're making that leap - care to elaborate?
- toomuchtodo 8y agoThe Guardian has an excellent piece far better than me rehashing it. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/28/deaths-of-despair-us-jobs-drugs-alcohol-suicide https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/28/deaths-of-de... “Is the US facing an epidemic of 'deaths of despair'? These researchers say yes”
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