How Job Loss Can Lead to Drug Use
Several studies suggest the opioid crisis might be at least partly the result of widespread unemployment.
In 2013, Kentucky, Rhode Island, and Nevada had some of the highest rates of death from opioid overdoses, and they also had some of the country’s highest unemployment rates. A series of studies suggests that this joblessness might have been—at least in part—contributing to the high rates of drug addiction.
A I wrote about a few months ago found
