Deaths of despair are up by similar numbers. Correlation or causation? In this case, I'd argue it's partly causation... > More than 35,000 pedestrians have die

Deaths of despair are up by similar numbers. Correlation or causation? In this case, I'd argue it's partly causation... > More than 35,000 pedestrians have died in the past five years, according to the group, and the number of deaths rose nearly 77% between 2010 and 2022. Between 2007 and 2021, drug overdose deaths have risen 155%, alcohol deaths 87%, suicide 23% [1]. [1]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085334/alcohol-drug-suicide-death-rates-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085334/alcohol-drug-sui...