Women, Economic Opportunity and Opioid Addiction

In 1999, opioid overdose deaths totaled 8,050 in the U.S., of which nearly 26 percent were women. In 17 years, the share of women in opioid overdose deaths has risen to 33 percent, while the total number of deaths has increased to 42,249. In short, not only have overall opioid deaths gone up by 425 ...