Opiates... are a large part of the reason. But heart attacks are also more common. So are traffic deaths... Last year the town flooded, and mountain walls slid onto houses. And guns are everywhere. It all adds up to a lot of death. #PublicHealth #collapse #DeathsOfDespair #addiction #GunViolence #USpoli #morbidity #mortality https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/31/horrifying-numbers-of-americans-will-not-make-it-to-old-age