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

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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.

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

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

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

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

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 10 months ago

3rd Opium War is a civil war.

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

2017: Mortality Crisis Redux: The Economics of Despair

The health crisis afflicting working-class Americans recalls similar symptoms in Russia following the collapse of communism

2020: Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 10 months ago

history repeating and all that

[-] big_spoon@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 10 months ago

wait a minute, you can die for excess of vodka?

[-] Anatolianin@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 10 months ago

Alcohol poisoning, cirrhosis. Probably suicides, murders, car crashes, etc.

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