ScrAPES #13 "How the Epidemic of Drug Overdose Deaths Ripples Across America"

Author: HAEYOUN PARK and MATTHEW BLOCH   Date: Jan. 19 2016     Link here       





Drug overdose has been killing many people over the last few years. Many more people have been dying from it more and more over the years with 2014 being the peak of all those deaths. More and more drug users have been showing up year after year with some just using a bit too much and having an overdose to the medicine. Rural areas seem to have the most affect from this disaster.

I actually know someone that uses drugs. I've known them for a while now but i want to help them stop using them. I've always been afraid of people around me using drugs and start doing things that they should not do. This article really shows how big the problem is and how it needs to be stopped for the better of our lives.

Well a good way to show how to solve this problem is to show people how many have died from using these. By showing the amount of deaths to people we could show how this has become an epidemic. We could also start cracking down more on drugs and trying to stop them. This way drugs won't get to the people not causing them to overdose.