Did all of that abuse suddenly change in 2015?
Did all of that abuse suddenly change in 2015?
Good question. As a nurse who has worked for 30 years ( nearing retirement) this population of people in my opinion has increased. You will not believe how many people who are in the hospital are on Medicaid in my area. The statistics in my state show the majority of children are on Medicaid, which means the parents are on Medicaid , too. The problem lists of these patients are identical , all problems due to lifestyle choices. The patients are mainly white. I think the downturns in the economy has made an ever increasing white underclass of people. There was a book , and I cannot remember the tittle, which is about this issue. The book discusses the fact that blue collar, middle income jobs are disappearing ( in my area that would be logging) and the white middle class is sinking. Those people who are not in the labor force are now involved with drugs, etc.
The problem has been increasing since the early 2000s
I would also like to add heroin came along in 2015 after there was a crackdown on oxycontin