Drug use and the Nazis

@earl-of-trumps said
Progress! it is now 70,000 per year, or about 192 OD deaths per day.

@athousandyoung said
Mostly (2/3) due to prescription pills.

@kazetnagorra said
Perhaps the wall can stop these Mexicans from bringing prescription opioids across the border.

https://www.studyfinds.org/disturbing-study-shows-u-s-opioid-crisis-may-be-much-worse-than-believed/

"The research team examined unidentified drug overdoses between the years 1999-2016, and discovered that a staggering 72% involved prescription opioids, fentanyl, or heroin. All of that adds up to 99,160 deaths clearly involving opioids that go unrecognized."

Also, there is this: "The study, conducted at the University of Rochester Medical Center, states that U.S. deaths related to opioid overdoses may be 28% higher that originally reported due to inadequate death records."

So that means the figure is not 70,000 per year, it is more like 89,600 per year. that's 245 people per DAY!

Average: 50 people per state, per day.

@earl-of-trumps said
https://www.studyfinds.org/disturbing-study-shows-u-s-opioid-crisis-may-be-much-worse-than-believed/

"The research team examined unidentified drug overdoses between the years 1999-2016, and discovered that a staggering 72% involved prescription opioids, fentanyl, or heroin. All of that adds up to 99,160 deaths clearly involving opioids that go unrecognized."

Also ...[text shortened]... t is more like 89,600 per year. that's 245 people per DAY!

Average: 50 people per state, per day.