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That epidemic is here. After the opiod crisis, overdose is now the leading cause of death for those under 50. Suicide is increasing for all age cohorts, not jus
by dougmwne 7y ago
That epidemic is here. After the opiod crisis, overdose is now the leading cause of death for those under 50. Suicide is increasing for all age cohorts, not just teenagers. Deaths from alcohol are increasing. Life expextancy in the US has been declining for 3 years. I actually suspect we'll start to get a handle on these problems in the next few years since we're beginning to collectively wake up to the importance of mental health and the damage our screens and isolation are doing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_Unite...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2018/11/16/alcohol-deaths-emergency-room-increase-middle-aged-women-addiction-opioids/1593347002/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2018/11/16/alcohol...
- ryanmercer 7y ago>That epidemic is here. After the opiod crisis, overdose is now the leading cause of death for those under 50. I'm 34, in the past month or so 2 people I went to high school with have died via overdose. It's ridiculous.
- idoubtit 7y agoYou forgot the most mind-related epidemic disease in the USA: obesity. Without the proper education or mind sanity, it's hard to resist the constant assault of junk food. Now 21% of the American teenagers are obese, and 39% of adults. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html
- nscalf 7y agoYou don't have to wait until people get that old to see an epidemic, we have a mass shooting in a school nearly daily.
- WarDores 7y agoIt's false ideas like this that lead to the "we need to bubble wrap our kids" mentality.