Opioid crisis blamed for second consecutive year of falling life spans - KGMI

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Opioid crisis blamed for second consecutive year of falling life spans KGMI BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Drug overdose deaths drove a decline in U.S. life expectancy for the second year in a row in 2016- the first consecutive two-year decline since 1963. Drug overdoses deaths surged particularly for young people as the opioid crisis ... Editorial: Declining life expectancy should shock politicians into actionHouston Chronicle US Life Expectancy Drops For 2nd Consecutive Year Due To Opioid EpidemicEconoTimes Dying young: The opioid crisis is affecting US life expectancyPittsburgh Post-Gazette Kaplan Herald -Salon -Futurism all 11 news articles »

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