The record low is a part of a long term trend, the numbers have been falling year over year for the last few decades — this headline is somewhat misleading. The pandemic and changing economic environment may hasten their demise, but it has been long coming.
13% of the population is on opioids, 6% are on gabaergic/genics, and 17% are on monoamine reuptake inhibitors of some form. There is plenty of room to grow.
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