This is the zombie apocalypse. Something is making young people in the prime of their lives retreat from the world and choose death.
- Drug overdose is the leading cause of death of Americans under 50.
- 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose every day.
- 75% of heroin addicts in the US were originally addicted to painkillers and switched to heroin because it is less expensive.
- In 2016, 44% of overdose deaths in New York City involved Fentanyl, which is 50 times stronger than heroin and is used by dealers to lace into street drugs.
- Carfentanil is now entering the street drug supply and it's 100 times stronger than Fentanyl; 10,000 more potent than morphine. An amount of Carfentanil the size of a grain of sand could kill you.
- Princeton economist Alan Krueger believes that the 350% increase in opioid prescriptions since 2001 has led to a 20% drop in labor force participation mainly by people of prime age.
- In the Rust Belt, 25% of eligible workers cannot pass drug screening tests, which is hurting those few manufacturing businesses that have managed to survive the the technological and trade upheavals of the past 20 years.