The Criminalization Of Psychiatry And Pain Medicine : Statistical Evidence Of Harm ( 2000-2014)

Deaths per 1000.000 population

§  Deaths by suicide increased from 10.1 to 12.9.

§  Deaths by heroine overdose increased from 0.4 to 3.

§  Deaths by overdose increased from 3 to 14.7.

§  % 0f deaths by prescription opiates relative to total overdose deaths declined from 46% to 38%.

The rate of increase of  deaths  from prescription opiates (4 times) was less relative to the rate of increase of total overdose deaths (4.9 times).