Opioid ODs Have Cut Into US Life Expectancy: CDC - U.S. News & World Report

CNNOpioid ODs Have Cut Into US Life Expectancy: CDCU.S. News & World Report... some people addicted to prescription painkillers switch over. The NIDA says about 80 percent of Americans who abuse heroin started with prescription opioids. The study results were published Sept. 19 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Opioid overdose deaths take 2.5 months off US life expectancyDaily MailThe opioid epidemic is so bad it's driving down life expectancy in the USThe Vergeall 10 news articles »