Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while)

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In which John talks about preventable death and what's driving the increase in death from unintentional injuries in the United States. RESOURCES, SOURCES, AND LINKS: Health Care Triage's excellent coverage of the opioid crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pROfg1vOp4w Info about preventable deaths and the roll that distracted driving is playing: http://www.ehstoday.com/health/distracted-driving-falls-opioids-cause-spike-unintentional-death-rate Wealth inequality is growing, although still lower than historical averages: https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality/ Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under 50: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdoses-are-leading-cause-of-death-americans-under-50/ Info on homicide rates: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-1 And the newest stats on overdose deaths: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/6/15743986/opioid-epidemic-overdose-deaths-2016 Something I didn't talk about in the video that is interesting: part of the reason the death by falling rate has risen is because we are doing a better job of keeping track of it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3314071/ IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE NEEDS HELP WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's behavioral health treatment services locator https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ and helpline: 1-800-662-4357 (both English and Spanish, 24/7) A list of self help groups for addiction: https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/locator/link-focSelfGP Opioid treatment specifically: http://dpt2.samhsa.gov/treatment/directory.aspx The Addiction Recovery Guide has a directory of state by state resources and other treatment info: https://www.addictionrecoveryguide.org/resources/state/ The suicide prevention lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Lastly, Amazon has sold through its allocation of signed copies of my new book Turtles All the Way Down. Unsigned copies are still available for preorder at Amazon at http://amzn.to/2ulFJgz. Find other places to order a (probably) signed copy of the book at http://ProbablySignedTurtles.com ---- Subscribe to our newsletter! http://nerdfighteria.com/newsletter/ And join the community at http://nerdfighteria.com http://effyeahnerdfighters.com Help transcribe videos - http://nerdfighteria.info John's twitter - http://twitter.com/johngreen John's tumblr - http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com Hank's twitter - http://twitter.com/hankgreen Hank's tumblr - http://edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com Preorder John's new book, Turtles All the Way Down, out October 10th 2017! You can find links to both the signed and unsigned editions here: http://bit.ly/turtlespreorder and information on how to (probably) get a signed copy here: http://howtoprobablygetasignedcopyofturtlesallthewaydown.com