The Changing Face Of Opioid Addiction In 2017

With each passing year, the opioid situation in the U.S. gets more ink in both the popular press and trade publications—and 2017 was no different. But, acknowledging the crisis is the easy part—every passing week uncovers new statistics showing how quickly opioid abuse is spreading. Opioid-related deaths increased 1000% between 1980 and 2014 (see Many U.S. Counties See Substance Abuse, Mental Health Death Rates Spike), and since then they’ve only gone up. Drug overdose is currently the leading cause of accidental death in the country, killing 64,070 people during 2016 for a 21 . . .