The Consequences Of Overdose Deaths

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The deaths in the United States has gone up dramatically over the last 20 years.Between the years 1999 and the year 2015 the drug overdose deaths are over 500,000. In just the year 2016, 71,600 Americans have died from an opioid. People usually die from an overdose because they take to many after a surgery, or from depression.

Opioids are killing people more and more each year so the United States government needs to do something to make these deaths go lower than what they are now.”In the next hour, eight Americans will die from a drug overdose.According to the National Center for Health Statistics.”If we don’t stop this opioid crisis we will be losing more and more people each day.”According to the CDC the opioid crisis is now considered

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