Allegheny to Host Panel of Experts Discussing Economic Impact of Opioid Crisis
March 19, 2018
March 19, 2018
MEADVILLE, Pennsylvania, March 19 -- Allegheny College issued the following news:
The opioid crisis has hit Pennsylvania hard.
Fatal overdoses rose 37 percent across the state between 2015 and 2016 and are now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50, health statistics from Pennsylvania and other states show. Death rates have been particularly high in counties in Western Pennsylvania. Beaver, Allegheny, Washington, Butler, Crawford and Erie counties had death . . .
The opioid crisis has hit Pennsylvania hard.
Fatal overdoses rose 37 percent across the state between 2015 and 2016 and are now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50, health statistics from Pennsylvania and other states show. Death rates have been particularly high in counties in Western Pennsylvania. Beaver, Allegheny, Washington, Butler, Crawford and Erie counties had death . . .