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Connected? Big Government, Labor Decline and Opioid Addiction
There is a great deal of talk about America’s opioid crisis and what can be done about such drugs. This has led to a focus on narcotic painkillers. In reality, America has an addiction problem. “What might be some of the factors leading to such addictions?” is a slightly different twist to a lot of the attention placed upon the types of drugs being abused. Could certain trends be connected to this dependent behavior?
In 1960, only 3 percent of men in their prime were not in the U.S. labor force. Today, that number has risen to 11 percent. …
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Tagged Addiction, Alan B. Krueger, Brookings Institution, narcotics, opioid crisis, painkillers, unemployment
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