Posted on Dec 31, 2021
More than a million Americans have died from overdoses during the opioid epidemic
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Deaths due to drug overdose have topped a million for the first time since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began collecting data on the problem more than two decades ago.
A study released Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the CDC, found that 932,364 people died in the U.S. from fatal overdoses from 1999 through 2020.
Separate preliminary data from the CDC shows another 100,000 drug deaths expected in 2021.
Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic, which hit elderly Americans hardest, researchers found drug deaths have risen fastest among the young and middle-aged adults struggling with addiction.
"Among adults aged 35–44, the age group with the highest rates, drug overdose deaths increased 33% from 2019 to 2020," the report found. Men are also more vulnerable than women, it said.
Deaths due to drug overdose have topped a million for the first time since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began collecting data on the problem more than two decades ago.
A study released Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the CDC, found that 932,364 people died in the U.S. from fatal overdoses from 1999 through 2020.
Separate preliminary data from the CDC shows another 100,000 drug deaths expected in 2021.
Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic, which hit elderly Americans hardest, researchers found drug deaths have risen fastest among the young and middle-aged adults struggling with addiction.
"Among adults aged 35–44, the age group with the highest rates, drug overdose deaths increased 33% from 2019 to 2020," the report found. Men are also more vulnerable than women, it said.
More than a million Americans have died from overdoses during the opioid epidemic
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While many want to focus on drug smuggling, we should remember that the starting contribution was from Purdue Pharma and billionaire Sackler family. They pushed doctors to prescribe their addictive drugs despite knowing the danger.
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Trumpian BS in 3, 2, 1.... Yup Tricky Dick started it off, just add in some racism and the hate of hippies to give a face to it. And I know this is true as I lived thru this. But then, I also live thru Ronnie's BS of Narcoterrorism where is Contras were busy shipping drugs here as well. His policies all failed as well. But now, we even have corporate America in on it. Damn, isn't capitalism great!!! Even those blasted communists in China are engaging in capitalist drug smuggling.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SFC Randy Hellenbrand Who Would have Thunk It that Conan was a Prophecy, Trump is Thulsa Doom. His Followers Truly are a Death Cult!
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Not impressive stats. Once corrections became an industry, arrests flew off the hook. https://drugpolicy.org/issues/drug-war-statistics?ms=5B1_22GoogleSEM&utm_source=GoogleSEM&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SEM&cid=7011K000001SFcBQAW&gclid=CjwKCAiA8bqOBhANEiwA-sIlN0xW89935JOYmxdhsHPWoZhswNi9plQzCz5jfkVswS8WQjm_PD8A2xoCrWkQAvD_BwE
In 1971, Nixon declared a “War on Drugs," accelerating a war on our communities and causing tremendous loss: millions arrested, incarcerated, or under surveillance (particularly communities of color); hundreds of thousands lost in preventable overdose deaths; and billions of dollars spent on ineffective, fear-based policies.
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