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(CCTV Finance "Tianxia Finance") Addictive drug abuse has always been one of the stubborn diseases of American society. On the 8th local time, the latest report released by the U.S. Committee to Combat Synthetic Opioid Trafficking showed that the economic losses caused by drug overdose to the United States may reach about $1 trillion per year, about 6.4 trillion yuan.
The report released by the U.S. Committee to Combat Synthetic Opioid Trafficking on the 8th shows that more than 100,000 people in the United States died of drug overdose from June 2020 to May 2021, 30% more than the previous one. Since 1999, more than 1 million people in the United States have died of drug overdose, more than twice as many as the number of people who died from gun violence or car accidents during the same period.
In addition, the report also calculates the economic losses caused by overdose in the current year based on previous year's data, and estimates that the economic losses in this year will reach more than one trillion US dollars. Data show that in 2018, the number of people killed by drug overdose in the United States was two-thirds of what it is today, and the economic loss reached $696 billion, about 4.4 trillion yuan. Economic losses cover productivity loss due to premature death, health care and judicial costs, among others.
The report also pointed out that the increase in the number of deaths caused by drug overdose is directly related to the poor control of the epidemic in the United States and the economic downturn. During the worst of the covid-19 pandemic, 1 in 10 Americans started using drugs or ramped up their medications, the report said.
The report urges both Republicans and Democrats to agree on controlling the drug epidemic in order to curb the circulation of addictive drugs in the US market.
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(Editing by Wang Yifan)