Drug Overdose Deaths See First Decline In Decades After Targeted Effort By Trump Admin

[Weatherman2020]

Still not tired of winning.

Drug overdose deaths declined in 2018 after years of increases, according to preliminary government data released Wednesday.

“The latest provisional data on overdose deaths show that America’s united efforts to curb opioid use disorder and addiction are working,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement. “Lives are being saved, and we’re beginning to win the fight against this crisis.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics concluded, based on the provisional data, that overdose deaths declined by 5.1% between 2017 to 2018, the first drop since 1990. The steepest declines occurred primarily in areas that have been hit hardest by the opioid crisis, such as Ohio, Kentucky, South Dakota, and Alaska.

Though overdoses on prescription painkillers had been the primary causes of drug-related deaths since 1990, heroin, followed by fentanyl, overcame them in 2015. Meanwhile, cocaine and methamphetamine overdoses are on the rise. Azar said the Trump administration has enacted wide-reaching policies to try to stem the tide of opioid overdose-related deaths.

Drug overdose deaths see first decline in decades

 

[Crepitus]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

 

[debbiedowner]

Still not tired of winning.

Drug overdose deaths declined in 2018 after years of increases, according to preliminary government data released Wednesday.

“The latest provisional data on overdose deaths show that America’s united efforts to curb opioid use disorder and addiction are working,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement. “Lives are being saved, and we’re beginning to win the fight against this crisis.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics concluded, based on the provisional data, that overdose deaths declined by 5.1% between 2017 to 2018, the first drop since 1990. The steepest declines occurred primarily in areas that have been hit hardest by the opioid crisis, such as Ohio, Kentucky, South Dakota, and Alaska.

Though overdoses on prescription painkillers had been the primary causes of drug-related deaths since 1990, heroin, followed by fentanyl, overcame them in 2015. Meanwhile, cocaine and methamphetamine overdoses are on the rise. Azar said the Trump administration has enacted wide-reaching policies to try to stem the tide of opioid overdose-related deaths.

Drug overdose deaths see first decline in decades

Getting Down to the Numbers
Researchers looked at medical marijuana laws and death certificate data in all 50 states between the years of 1999 and 2010. During that time, only 13 states had medical marijuana laws in place. Researchers quickly noticed that the rates of fatal opioid overdoses were significantly lower in states that had legalized medical marijuana. In 2010 alone, states with legalized medical marijuana saw approximately 1,700 fewer opiate-related overdose deaths.

“We found there was about a 25 percent lower rate of prescription painkiller overdose deaths on average after implementation of a medical marijuana law,” lead study author Dr. Marcus Bachhuber said.

Legalizing Marijuana Decreases Fatal Opiate Overdoses, Study Shows - DrugAbuse.com

 

[BuckToothMoron]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

Perhaps it is just because all the junkies are dying off.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

Do you even read OP’s before proving your ignorance?

“Azar said the Trump administration has enacted wide-reaching policies to try to stem the tide of opioid overdose-related deaths.”

 

[BULLDOG]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

Do you even read OP’s before proving your ignorance?

“Azar said the Trump administration has enacted wide-reaching policies to try to stem the tide of opioid overdose-related deaths.”

What were those policies, and what evidence shows any policy he might have enacted are the reason for the decline in deaths?

 

[Crepitus]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

Do you even read OP’s before proving your ignorance?

“Azar said the Trump administration has enacted wide-reaching policies to try to stem the tide of opioid overdose-related deaths.”

And those policies are?

 

[BULLDOG]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

Do you even read OP’s before proving your ignorance?

“Azar said the Trump administration has enacted wide-reaching policies to try to stem the tide of opioid overdose-related deaths.”

What were those policies, and what evidence shows any policy he might have enacted are the reason for the decline in deaths?

You’re such a dumbass.

So I'm guessing you have no answer. That was expected.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

Do you even read OP’s before proving your ignorance?

“Azar said the Trump administration has enacted wide-reaching policies to try to stem the tide of opioid overdose-related deaths.”

And those policies are?

Shitforbrains hasn’t followed two years of battling the opioid problem and wants me to educate him.

Bing is your friend, ignoramus. When you stop being ignorant you’ll stop being a Leftard.

 

[BULLDOG]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

Do you even read OP’s before proving your ignorance?

“Azar said the Trump administration has enacted wide-reaching policies to try to stem the tide of opioid overdose-related deaths.”

And those policies are?

Shitforbrains hasn’t followed two years of battling the opioid problem and wants me to educate him.

Bing is your friend, ignoramus. When you stop being ignorant you’ll stop being a Leftard.

Got it. You can't think of anything either.

 

[Crepitus]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

Do you even read OP’s before proving your ignorance?

“Azar said the Trump administration has enacted wide-reaching policies to try to stem the tide of opioid overdose-related deaths.”

And those policies are?

Shitforbrains hasn’t followed two years of battling the opioid problem and wants me to educate him.

Bing is your friend, ignoramus. When you stop being ignorant you’ll stop being a Leftard.

I googled. There were lots of "bigly"s and quite a few "terrible"s but no policies laid out.

Please, enlighten us.

 

[jknowgood]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

If it happened under Obama, you would've tripped over yourself to start a forum on it.

 

[Crepitus]

Can you point to anything he's done that confirms he has helped the situation and that this minimal decline is more than statistically insignificant?

If it happened under Obama, you would've tripped over yourself to start a forum on it.

No. I would have asked the same questions, if only so I could answer you when you invariably doubted it.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

More winning.

 

[badger2]

Large fentanyl busts certainly helps the statistic.