| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. Call to Action on Opioid Settlement Funds
USA. Call to Action on Opioid Settlement Funds
Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control shows there were 109,680 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2022. That is over 300 individuals each day, more than twice the number of Americans killed in auto accidents annually, and more than die due to diabetes. Many of these individuals were in the prime of their lives. Opioids including fentanyl are involved in about two-thirds of these deaths. (Open Society Policy Center, USA, 31.08.2023)
https://www.opensocietypolicycenter.org/press_releases/call-to-action-opioid-settlement-funds/