Turns out that the opioid "crisis" is producing a bumper crop of organs for transplant!
Cletus puts himself to best use.
A study has added a new wrinkle to this already emotional issue of life and death: A rise in organ transplants is linked to a similar rise in drug overdose deaths across the nation.
In 2016, there were 3,533 transplants using organs donated from overdose victims, compared with 149 such transplants in 2000, the study found. Overdose victims made up 1.1 percent of all donors in 2000. In 2017, they made up 13.4 percent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ke-in-organ-donations/?utm_term=.0a237c4d4a5c
Cletus puts himself to best use.
A study has added a new wrinkle to this already emotional issue of life and death: A rise in organ transplants is linked to a similar rise in drug overdose deaths across the nation.
In 2016, there were 3,533 transplants using organs donated from overdose victims, compared with 149 such transplants in 2000, the study found. Overdose victims made up 1.1 percent of all donors in 2000. In 2017, they made up 13.4 percent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ke-in-organ-donations/?utm_term=.0a237c4d4a5c