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Why Overdose Deaths Have Increased

Por: Time Health September 24, 2022

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The American crackdown on the drugs that kicked off the modern opioid overdose epidemic——largely succeeded. According to data released by the American Medical Association (AMA) , opioid prescriptions have in every state over the last decade, plummeting nearly 50% nationally. The effort to prevent overdose deaths, however, is an abject failure. Annual opioid overdose deaths more than tripled between 2010 and 2020, according to . Drug overdose... + full article



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