☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to US NewsEnglish · 8 months agoUS opioid deaths have now surpassed post-Soviet Russian vodka deathsimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up149arrow-down1imageUS opioid deaths have now surpassed post-Soviet Russian vodka deaths☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to US NewsEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
sources 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
minus-squarefreaglelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months agoI 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.
minus-squareSadArtemis🏳️⚧️linkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoAnd unlike post-Soviet Russia, the collapse hasn’t even truly begun.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoYeah, I saw that after covid in particular there’s been a significant drop.
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.
And unlike post-Soviet Russia, the collapse hasn’t even truly begun.
Yeah, I saw that after covid in particular there’s been a significant drop.