#drug-overdoses

#drug-overdoses

Anyone familiar with the way the US handled the viral outbreak - especially compared to similar countries - might not be surprised. But while the pandemic certainly contributed to a spike in deaths, expectations of a return to pre-pandemic mortality rates were smashed as number crunchers noticed a larger trend that was decades in the making. Alarmingly, the data trickling in was indicating a disproportionate rise in deaths among young Americans aged 25 to 44, encompassing millennials and some older members of gen Z.