The Nation’s Health: Nation in Brief, Deaths of despair up in young adults

In June, Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust released an issue brief, reporting that over the last two decades, drug-related deaths among 18- to 34-year-olds increased by 400%, mainly due to opioid use. And over the last 10 years, alcohol-induced deaths increased by 69% for the age group. Meanwhile, suicide among the group rose 35% over the last decade.
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