- Study shows that actual opioid deaths for 2014 were 24% higher than previously estimated. When pulled out alone, heroin deaths were also 22% higher than previously estimated. That would bump up the total number of all opioid overdose deaths in 2014 from nearly 29,000 to more than 35,000. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/8/16109428/opioid-epidemic-overdoses-study 3 comments science
Linking pages
- The states taking the opioid epidemic seriously (and not), in one map - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/22/17037346/opioid-epidemic-state-policy-map 37 comments
- Medicaid expansion linked to 6% reduction in opioid overdose deaths - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/10/21058699/medicaid-expansion-opioid-epidemic-drug-overdoses-obamacare-aca 13 comments
- President Trump promised “a major briefing” on the opioid crisis. It was a huge nothingburger. - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/8/16115542/trump-opioid-epidemic-briefing 10 comments
Linked pages
- Poverty in America and how to measure it, explained - Vox https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/3/10/23632910/poverty-official-supplemental-relative-absolute-measure-desmond 13 comments
- Why it's so much easier to get an opioid prescription in the US than in Europe or Japan - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/8/16049952/opioid-prescription-us-europe-japan 3 comments
- The case for prescription heroin - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/12/15301458/canada-prescription-heroin-opioid-addiction 0 comments
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