Contribution of opioid-related deaths to the change in life expectancy in the US

(The JAMA Network Journals) Between 2000 and 2015 in the US, life expectancy increased overall but drug-poisoning deaths, mostly related to opioids, contributed to reducing life expectancy, according to a study published by JAMA.

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