Here's a taste:
Ya think? An $18 trillion GDP and a declining life expectancy? Yep: it just doesn't seem right.
Full story here. Oh, and, by the way, the picture shows what is apparently a lethal dose of fentanyl for most people.
The recent increases in drug overdose deaths have been so steep that they have contributed to reductions in the country’s life expectancy over the last three years, a pattern unprecedented since World War II. Life expectancy at birth has fallen by nearly four months, and drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for adults under 55.
“The idea that a developed wealthy nation like ours has declining life expectancy just doesn’t seem right,” said Robert Anderson, the chief of mortality statistics at the C.D.C., who helped prepare the reports. “If you look at the other wealthy countries of the world, they're not seeing the same thing.”
Full story here. Oh, and, by the way, the picture shows what is apparently a lethal dose of fentanyl for most people.