Fri.Dec 29, 2023

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Native Americans and Opioid Addiction: Understanding the Problem

Relias

Opioid misuse has been an increasing concern in the U.S. over the past two decades, and it is particularly prevalent in American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) communities. Over the 20-year span from 1999-2019, deaths related to opioid overdose increased rapidly among Indigenous populations, multiplying by more than five times due to increased use of heroin, hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl, tramadol, and in combination with alcohol and other drugs.

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British politics is rotting from the bottom up: pity our crisis-hit local councils | Simon Jenkins

The Guardian

Starved of powers and funds and then belittled by ministers, the collapse of town hall democracy is a scandal unfolding in real time Every review of Britain 2023 says the same. The country is not being well run. From policing to care homes, from postal services to sewage spills, from youth clubs to potholes, everywhere is failure. Small wonder just 20% of Britons now have any faith in their national politicians, one of the lowest figures in a western democracy.