Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer, cervical, colon and other deadly diseases taken together, in 2018 take fewer lives than raging now opioid crisis.
The disappointing data was published by the initiative group NJ Cares. According to statistics, in new Jersey in 2018 year there is a catastrophic increase in deaths related to overdose of narcotic drugs. If the situation continues to develop at the same pace, by the end of the year the number of deaths will reach 3 thousand people. This means that for the third year in a row will be a record-breaking performance in this sad rating.
765 — it is this figure appears in the current statistics of deaths from drug overdose. Further, the mortality rate will outstrip the sixth position in this list, and on the street only April.
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«Given the current pace, we are forced to admit that the result will greatly exceed the figures recorded in 2016 and 2017. This means that we cannot cope with the situation», — commented the results of monitoring by the Prosecutor of new Jersey , Gurbir Grewal.
In past years, the data lagged behind the actual situation of 12-15 months, however, thanks to a special program NJ Cares, now the information on mortality from overdose of drugs supplied almost instantly. This allows you to estimate the rate of growth and predict the further development of the situation. Unfortunately, the state government, as the country’s leadership, do not have time to deal with the problem of opioid crisis, the first signs of which manifested itself in 2016.
Experts of the Ministry of health of the United States had previously accused the team of Donald trump in slowness on the development of measures to prevent opioid epidemic. The white house in response to these statements unveiled a new plan to combat the drug crisis that was presented last month and on the idea of the officials, needs to solve an urgent problem.
