The Drug Overdose Epidemic Since 1979

The Drug Overdose Epidemic Since 1979

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Hawre Jalal et al. analyzed nearly 600,000 unintentional drug overdoses over a 38-year period from 1979 to 2016 and published their results in Science Magazine. The overall mortality rate closely followed an exponential growth curve, doubling every 9 years. Of...