Major study: Drug overdoses over a 38-year period reveal hidden trends

a post by Brandon A. Weber for the Big Think blog


It's just the current cycle that involves opiates, but methamphetamine, cocaine, and others have caused the trajectory of overdoses to head the same direction

• It appears that overdoses are increasing exponentially, no matter the drug itself
• If the study bears out, it means that even reducing opiates will not slow the trajectory.
• The causes of these trends remain obscure, but near the end of the write-up about the study, a hint might be apparent.

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Whilst this study was done in the USA there is no reason to expect that the UK is the same.

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