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Dancing with the Stars is back, and we’re not picking favorites... but it does mean Team USA women’s rugby player (... and Olympic bronze medalist... and women’s sports advocate) Ilona Maher is serving up all the content.
For the first time in decades, data shows a sharp decline in the number of drug overdose deaths across the U.S.
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Preliminary data collected is showing an unprecedented decline in drug overdose deaths in the U.S. — by roughly 10.6%. It’s a sharp turn from recent years when fatal overdoses had been increasing by double-digit percentages.
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In some states, early data is showing declines by as much as 30%. Experts estimate this national decline could mean as many as 20,000 fewer fatalities per year.
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While there is still a heartbreakingly high number of deaths annually, experts believe the devastating increases in overdose deaths that the U.S. saw beginning in 2019 are over, at least for now.
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What’s the nuance? While the data isn’t clear what exactly has caused the drop, experts point to the availability and affordability of fentanyl addiction treatment, as well as of naloxone to quickly reverse overdoses. And more resources are needed in Black and Native American communities where overdose deaths are still disproportionately high.
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“What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Future”
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by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
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Too often, the climate crisis is depicted in worst-case scenarios of everything humanity and the Earth might lose if we don’t take swift action. In her newly released book, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson invites us to imagine it differently because, after all, our climate future isn’t yet written. What if, instead, we act as if we love the future?
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Why we’re reading: We can’t take tangible action to create a better future if we can’t even imagine that future, and this joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures — exciting, beautiful futures that we could realistically live in… if we get it right. It’s an inspiring reminder of the beautiful world we live in now, and what we’re fighting for in the future.
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It's so encouraging to me that drug overdoses are rapidly declining — and experts predict that trend will continue.
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