USA. Pain in the Nation - The Drug, Alcohol and Suicide Epidemics and the Need for a National Resilience Strategy
USA. Pain in the Nation - The Drug, Alcohol and Suicide Epidemics and the Need for a National Resilience Strategy
Deaths from drugs, alcohol and suicide could account for 1.6 million fatalities over the coming decade (2016 to 2025) according to a new report, Pain in the Nation: The Drug, Alcohol and Suicide Epidemics and the Need for a National Resilience Strategy, released by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and Well Being Trust (WBT). From 2006 to 2015, there were 1 million deaths from these three causes.
This would represent a 60 percent increase compared to the past decade, if recent trends hold. The study found, however, that these numbers may be conservative, especially with the rapid rise of heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil use. If the nation continues along recent trajectories, death rates would actually double to 2 million by 2025. (Trust for America’s Health, November 2017)