Monday, 7 January 2019

Opioids fueled a doubling of suicides and overdoses in the US

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Suicides and drug overdoses kill American adults at twice the rate today as they did just 17 years ago, and opioids are a key contributor to that rise, according to a new review and analysis. Reversing this deadly double trend will take investment in programs that have been proven to prevent and treat opioid addiction.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://bit.ly/2Rc0sP8

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