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StrawberryPigtails to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

US overdose deaths are down, giving experts hope for an enduring decline

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US overdose deaths are down, giving experts hope for an enduring decline

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StrawberryPigtails to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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New government data shows that U.S. drug overdose deaths appear to be showing a sustained decline. There were about 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended June 30.
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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    I don’t think you should be hopeful, experts. They’re about to go way up.

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      Absolutely. just as soon as Trump hits the whitehouse everything that caused the decline is going to go away.

      because they’re assholes who care more about staffing prison labor programs than about the american people. There’s a reason incarceration is the only form of slavery enshrined in the constitution, and it ain’t because the labor is somehow reformative.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        Watch all of those narcan distribution programs lose funding.

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          That’s optimistic, I’m anticipating systematic execution of drug users. Republicans have praised Duterte’s policies in the past.

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            This is a use of ‘optimistic’ I’ve not encountered before.

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              Optimistic that they’ll “only” cut narcan funding, yeah… it’s bleak.

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            Can’t die of overdose if the state kills you first.

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          deleted by creator

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      Right? Just wait until January

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      Buy your heroin now before the prices spike!

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      I was thinking it but didn’t want to say it.

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    Here we go, even drugs are low quality now

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      That, or even street drugs are so expensive now no one can afford them. Damn inflation…

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    That’s good, but those are still pretty high levels compared to the historical situation.

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