Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!
- The Midwestern region witnessed opioid overdoses increase 70% from July 2016 through September 2017.
- Opioid overdoses in large cities increased by 54% in 16 states.
If this were AIDS, or the Flu, or hoverboard combustions, or fidget spinner injuries, the media would be losing its collective shit. Instead it's below the fold, not featured even as prominently as a study that says they're no more effective than tylenol.
–
The study tracks overdoses that made it to the emergency room. In WV, more people died before they got there. Kentucky, on the other hand, might be a success story."Decreases in the Southeast (Kentucky and West Virginia) were unanticipated and might foreshadow changes in opioid overdose death trends in 2017," the report said. "The significant decreases in Kentucky might be explained by fluctuations in drug supply and warrant confirmation."