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Opioid abuse in the US is so bad it's lowering life expectancy. Why hasn't the epidemic hit other countries?
Washington Post For the second year in a row, life expectancy in the United States has dropped. It is not hard to understand why: In 2016, there was a 21 percent rise in the number of deaths caused by drug overdoses, with opioids causing two-thirds of them. Last year ... Hudson Bay man wondered how long he could go on after he was taken off prescription for chronic pain Law limiting opioid prescriptions to go into effect Monday New law limits NC patients' access to opioid drugs in 2018 |
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