The MSM has been hyping the increased death rate from opiod pain relievers for months.
In my opinion, the MSM hype this “epidemic” because white victims are slightly over-represented compared to non-white victims in pain reliever deaths.
However, pain reliever deaths (20,000) represent less than 40% of total overdose deaths, and non-white victims are heavily over-represented in the “other” drug deaths.
And, it's not an "epidemic."
Pain relievers killed less than 1% of the 2.6 million Americans who died last year.
While CHOICE killed around a million future AMEERICANS.