Tag: drug overdose deaths
The rise in opioid addiction has created an epidemic of drug overdose deaths in the United States. But what increases the risk that people develop the disorder in the first place? Automation of the U.S. economy turns out to be a contributing factor, as workers lose good jobs to industrial robots and despair about being…
Researchers debate whether the cause is primarily “despair” or the availability of drugs. A fascinating debate is occurring about the reason for the increase in drug-related deaths and the decline in life expectancy since 1999 among 45-54 year old non-Hispanic whites, observed by Anne Case and Angus Deaton. The pattern is extraordinary since previously lif…
