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    Todesfälle durch Drogenüberdosis in den USA pro 100.000 Einwohner nach Bundesstaat im Jahr 2023.


    Todesfälle durch Drogenüberdosis in den USA pro 100.000 Einwohner nach Bundesstaat im Jahr 2023.

    Von StephenMcGannon

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    2. HuckleberryNeil on

      is that statistics only for drugs? or they include medicine overdoses?

    3. nighttimehobby on

      West Virginia, Mountain Momma, let’s OD, take me home country roads. The fact that you can trace the opioid addiction rate in West Virginia directly to a few select pharmacies and one drug company is astonishingly sad. We can make movies about the targeted assassination of these under educated and impoverished residents, and still to this day people will see this map and think „what a shame those people can’t get it together“. We as a general population need to understand this map represents real lives lost to a crisis that was preventable. Drugs, money and greed will always be connected, and targeting those who are most vulnerable is the fastest path to success for all who seek them.

    4. LoveDemRevolvers on

      West Virginia stands out but I’m more surprised by how low Mississippi is.

    6. Lost-Acanthaceae6361 on

      I’m surprised by how low Pennsylvania is. Kensington exists. And Pennsyltucky.

    8. Acceptable-Noise2294 on

      I thought Iowa would have been 10 times worse relative to the others

    9. Odd-Local9893 on

      The cold hard truth is that suddenly taking away people’s Vicodin and Oxycodone just left a bunch of addicts who resorted to street garbage filled with unknown quantities of fentanyl. This is entirely self inflicted.

    11. SMStotheworld on

      81.9 is also the average amount of teeth per 100,000 people in west virginia.

    12. Fluffy_Enthusiasm275 on

      I’m from WV and I am 31 yrs old. I have had a close friend pass from an overdose almost every single year since I was 19

    15. pbandjfordayzzz on

      What’s interesting is there aren’t necessarily regional generalizations from this map.

      Individual states are explainable, like some of the discussion around WV. But Louisiana is 2x-3x its next-door neighbors. Vermont is 30% higher than its “twin state” NH.

      What is so special about Nebraska that makes it so low? Vs its median-ish neighbors WY, KS, etc

      West Coast has laxer drug laws and culture but what is making CA less than the Northeast?

      Is there something about underlying data collection or classification that may be driving the numbers OR is there actually something in the story in terms of nuances from state to state in culture, drug laws, access to healthcare and economic opportunities, etc?

    19. BigBaseballGuyyy on

      What conclusions are people drawing from this map? Doesn’t feel like there’s any rhyme or reason to these numbers. Hard for me to see any definitive takeaways explaining why some states are high and some are low. Economy, culture, race, religion, region all seem to not fully explain things

    21. geekonthemoon on

      But West Virginia took care of the real problem and banned poor people from buying soda

      /s

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