North America is in the midst of its most serious drug-overdose crisis in history. From 1999 through 2015, drug-overdose deaths approximately tripled in the United States, and the majority of such deaths now involve an opioid. In 2016 alone, there were 64,000 drug-overdose deaths in the United States — more than the total number of U.S. military deaths during the Vietnam War. As a result, and despite gains in other areas of medicine and public health, the United States recently experienced its first major decline in life expectancy since 1993.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/strategies-reducing-opioid-overdose-deaths-%E2%80%94-lessons-canada
[2] http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1800216?query=featured_home
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/evan-wood
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-england-journal-medicine
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/narcotics
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-policy
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/canada
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/n-c-america
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
