Charles Fain Lehman rightly points out that while all eyes are focused on opioid-related overdoses, methamphetamine-related deaths have been soaring (“Mexican Meth Fuels an American Crisis,” op-ed, Feb. 21). The numbers jumped to more than 10,000 in 2017 from 1,887 in 2011. Cocaine deaths are also accelerating, up from just under 4,000 in 1999 to nearly 14,000 in 2017. He also notes that, as with opioids, efforts to crack down on the supply of abusers’ drugs of choice only result in the efficient black market finding substitutes. In the case of opioids, heroin and now fentanyl have replaced prescription pain relievers...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 03, 2019 19:29 UTC