US opioid deaths have now surpassed post-Soviet Russian vodka deaths (lemmygrad.ml)

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https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016379/deaths-alcohol-disorders-russia/
https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/drug-overdose-deaths.php
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/deaths/index.html

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[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 10 months ago

I also heard life expectancy over the last 3 years dropped 3 years, which is the same rate of change that post-Soviet Russia experienced from shock therapy liberalization.

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[-] SadArtemis@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 10 months ago

And unlike post-Soviet Russia, the collapse hasn't even truly begun.

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[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I saw that after covid in particular there's been a significant drop.

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