Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to increase doubling in published figure covering the period from 2010 to 2014. This increased mortality has disproportionately affected poor "working class" whites and contributed to a decreased life expectancy in that demographic. The areas hit hardest by overdose deaths granted Donald Trump his greatest margins of victory which supports the hypothesis that hunger for The Great Again and not outside influence (archived) led blue collar whites to abandon what was once "their party" though it continues to be supported by their union dues for the sake of Our Democracy.1 Sorry for your loss.
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