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American’s Life Expectancy Drops Due to Opioid Crisis

According to the CDC, life expectancy among Americans has fallen for the second year in a row as the opioid crisis continues to drive up overall death rates. In 2016 alone a total of 63,000 people died from drug overdoses, which is up a whopping 21 percent from 2015.  Opioid-related overdoses surged 28 percent, killing… Continue Reading American’s Life Expectancy Drops Due to Opioid Crisis