Opioid Crisis Has Lowered U.S. Life Expectancy, Study Finds

CBS Local — The nationwide opioid epidemic in America has affected millions of people and already cost tens of thousands of lives. New research from the U.S. government has now revealed that the national crisis is also cutting into the average life expectancy in the U.S.
According to a CDC report, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, the skyrocketing number of opioid deaths in the country has shaved more than two months off the average American lifespan. The C