Opioid Epidemic Reduces American Lifespans


For the first time since the Spanish Flu outbreak in the 1920s, life expectancy in the United States has declined two years in a row, and observers say painkiller addiction is the reason why. Life expectancy had risen every year since 1993, which was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and is now at 78.6
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