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Hmm, I wonder what changed in 2014?
Nope, not what you think. This changed: https://www.drugtopics.com/pharmacy/actavis-sell-generic-reformulated-oxycontin-2014
The point being; probability neglect. As a society, we spend a lot of energy focused on things that aren’t statistically our biggest threats. They just activate our imagination more.
The causes of our declining life expectancy: “Drug overdoses, suicides, alcohol-related illnesses and obesity are largely to blame.” https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/26/health/us-life-expectancy-decline-study/index.html
What single symptom is the biggest engine behind everything on this list (besides companies that value dollars over lives): unhealed trauma.
The point being that if we want a better world and better lives, we need to take mental health as seriously as we take physical health. And then we need to take both more seriously.
We also need to start really holding pharmaceutical companies accountable, as well as those who enable them for $$$. https://www.fiercepharma.com/marketing/pharma-and-healthcare-digital-ad-spend-to-reach-10-billion-next-year-ersonalization-key
