Really? For a whole year period? That seems shockingly high.
It makes me wonder why we haven't been spending anything close to 1/5 as much time and effort on ~~fighting~~ treating opioid abuse as we have on covid. Especially since we've been grappling with it for so long, the societal effects have been so visible and acute, and we do have some workable treatments for addiction.
I guess it's not like the federal government tried very hard with covid either, to be fair. But those numbers are incredible.
It makes me wonder why we haven't been spending anything close to 1/5 as much time and effort on ~~fighting~~ treating opioid abuse as we have on covid. Especially since we've been grappling with it for so long, the societal effects have been so visible and acute, and we do have some workable treatments for addiction.
I guess it's not like the federal government tried very hard with covid either, to be fair. But those numbers are incredible.