quick blurb on the opioid epidemic

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  • July 8, 2017 at 6:24 pm #70808
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic

    Drug overdoses are the leading cause of death among Americans under 50.[3] In 2015, 52,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, and in 2016 the numbers increased another 19 percent, to approximately 62,000.[3] 2017 figures as of June indicate the problem continues to worsen. Two thirds of the deaths are from opioids. By comparison, in 2010 the figure was 16,000 and in 1999, 4,000.[4][5] In 2016, deaths from overdoses increased over the previous year by 26% in Connecticut, 35% in Delaware, 39% in Maine, and 62% in Maryland.[6] Nearly half of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription opioid.[7]

    The present opioid epidemic has the historically highest opioid death rate, killing on average 10.3 people per 100,000. In some states it is far worse: over 30 per 100,000 in New Hampshire and over 40 per 100,000 in West Virginia.[8]

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    [3]”Drug Deaths in America Are Rising Faster Than Ever”, New York Times, June 5, 2017

    [4] “How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?”, PBS, Feb. 23, 2016

    [5] “America’s Addiction to Opioids: Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse”, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), May 14, 2014

    [6] “America’s opioid epidemic is worsening”, the Economist (U.K.) March 6, 2017
    Jump up ^ Opioid Overdose, CDC

    [7] Opioid Overdose, CDC

    [8]Caldwell, Christoper. “American Carnage: The New Landscape of Opioid Addiction”, First Things, April 2017

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