Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Addressing Public Health Crises: Suicide and Opioid Addiction are Preventable

Dept. of Health & Human Services

Addressing Public Health Crises: Suicide and Opioid Addiction are Preventable

During National Public Health Week, April 3-9, we celebrate the progress we’ve made helping people live healthier lives and those public health professionals who have helped us make that progress. But one hallmark of public health is life expectancy, and the United States just experienced a drop in overall life expectancy for the first time since 1993. This was due in part to increases in two of the nation’s most heart-breaking and yet preventable public health issues facing us: the increasing rate of suicide and the increasing misuse of opioid drugs.
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