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Source: https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/death-rate-higher-substance-abuse/2026/05/12/id/1255976
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The United States has a higher death rate than other wealthy nations - but not for the reason experts have suspected, a new study says. Some have thought that an increase in substance-related deaths and suicide - so-called "deaths of despair" - has been boosting the U.S....

Originally reported by newsmax. Read more
Source: https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/death-rate-higher-substance-abuse/2026/05/12/id/1255976
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