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https://scienceblog.com/niaaa/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/Feature01Image_330x200_hi-res1-e1569516044343.jpg350212In 2015, Princeton University economists Anne Case, Ph.D., and Angus Deaton, Ph.D., reported something unexpected. After decreasing since the end of World War II, rates of death began to increase in the United States for people in some groups. The rise in deaths was driven primarily by drug and alcohol overdoses, suicides, and liver disease. ... Read more