Re:Billionaire Insys founder charged in U.S. opioid bribe case
by kolbe on Thursday October 26, 2017 @05:21PM
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The vast majority of "alcohol related illnesses" hit people late in life--taking a decade or so off of their life.
The opiod epidemic is hitting people in their prime. It's the leading cause of death for 15-65 year olds, and it dwarfs any other cause for people in their prime.
(for reference, 90% of "unintentional poisonings" are opioid/opiate related, and it's data from 2015. By some measures, the increase in 2016 was an additional 10,000 ODs)
The opiod epidemic is hitting people in their prime. It's the leading cause of death for 15-65 year olds, and it dwarfs any other cause for people in their prime.
https://www.cdc.gov/injury/images/lc-charts/leading_causes_o...
(for reference, 90% of "unintentional poisonings" are opioid/opiate related, and it's data from 2015. By some measures, the increase in 2016 was an additional 10,000 ODs)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/05/upshot/opioid...