藥物濫用或將致美國每年損失萬億美元

Fatal opioid overdoses are thought to be costing the US economy $1 trillion each year. In a report published Tuesday by the bipartisan US Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, it was revealed synthetic opioids - primarily fentanyl - were responsible for almost two out of three reported drug overdose deaths in the US in the 12-month period ending in June 2021.

據(jù)美國打擊合成阿片販運委員會2月8日發(fā)表的一項報告顯示，阿片類藥物過量使用致死給美國經(jīng)濟造成每年約1萬億美元的損失。報告顯示，在截至2021年6月的一年內，美國的用藥過量死亡案例中近三分之二是由合成阿片類藥物——主要是芬太尼——造成的。

More than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses during that period, an increase of 30 percent from a year earlier.
這一時期內，全美有超過10萬人死于用藥過量，同比增長30%。

And overdoses have been responsible for more than 1 million deaths in the US since 1999, according to the report - that’s more than double the number caused by firearms or car accidents.
自1999年以來，美國有累計超過100萬人死于用藥過量，是死于槍支暴力事件或車禍的人數(shù)的兩倍還多。