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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Address the U.S. Opioid Crisis

February 1, 2022

The U.S. has faced enormous challenges over the last several decades involving illegal drugs. As the wealthiest country in the world, the United States is the transnational drug dealer’s prime market, and the nation has suffered from this distinction. Nearly 100,000 people die from drug overdoses in the U.S. per year, with over 70% of those deaths from opioid overdoses. In some areas opioid overdoses are responsible for more deaths than homicides, or even car accidents.