Death abundance: The opioid epidemic has created a rise in organ donations

‘The tragic increase in overdose deaths associated with the nation’s opioid epidemic is providing an unexpected benefit: a spike in the number of organs available for transplant.
The percentage of organs coming from donors who have overdosed has been rising steadily over the past few years. Nationwide, the number has tripled from 4 to 12 percent since 2010, and in New England the number has jumped from 4 to 26 percent in the same period – in New England, more than 1 in 4 organ donations now come from overdoses.’
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