Drug Overdoses Lead to Increase in Organ Donors
Researchers who noticed an increase in the number of organs available traced the change back to a disconcerting source.
The opioid epidemic ravaging the U.S. is killing tens of thousands a year, with over 63,600 overdose deaths in 2016. Although opioid prescriptions have started falling, the crisis is not abating. When pills aren’t available, many users turn to heroin or spoke with Mehra, a professor of medicine, about the discovery of this disconcerting correlation.
