Deaths by suicide, drug overdose, and car accidents are all strongly influenced by our reliance on—or unwillingness to move away from—policing.
over 2020—crowds out other spending, often on mental health care and drug treatment centers—the sorts of interventions that reduce deaths by suicide and drug overdose. Investing in police also increases theand other responses to drug use that are centered around treatment instead of punishment.
In 2019, the last year for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published public death data from the National Vitality Statistics System, homicide is thecause of death for those under 40 among homicide, death by suicide, drug overdoses, and vehicle accidents . Overall, in 2019, for those under 40 there were ~12,500 homicides, ~18,500 suicides, ~17,500 vehicle accident deaths, and ~28,000 deaths from accidental drug overdoses.
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