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Synthetic opiod overdose deaths

in 2010: 3,007

in 2018: 19,413

San Fran is on pace to *double* fentanyl deaths in 2019

Our collective failure is outrageous & unacceptable

We need far, far more aggressive action to get opiods off our streets & our people into recovery
Total drug overdose deaths in US

in 1999: 16,849

in 2017: 70,237

Context:

Total US traffic deaths in 2018: 40,000

Total US suicides 2017: 47,173

Total US deaths in Vietnam war: 58,220

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

nimh.nih.gov/health/statist…

britannica.com/event/Vietnam-…
To those who say we can’t do anything:

8,200 people died of drug overdoses in Europe in 2018, about *10x* less than US OD death rate:

emcdda.europa.eu/edr2019_en
“Drug overdose mortality in the United States is now more than *27 times* (!) higher than in Italy and Japan, which have the lowest drug overdose death rates, and double that of Finland and Sweden, the countries with the next highest death rates.”

sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…
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