The #US pioneered #modernlife. Now epic numbers of #Americans are killing themselves with #opioids to escape it.

"More than 2 million Americans are now hooked on some kind of #opioid, and #drug #overdoses — from #heroin and #fentanyl in particular — claimed more American lives last year than were lost in the entire #VietnamWar.
The #poppy, through its many offshoots, has now been responsible for a decline in life spans in the US for two years in a row."

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/americas-opioid-epidemic.html