'Deaths of despair' from drugs, alcohol and suicide hit young adults hardest
When Brittany Rose Hallett drank herself to death at 26, her $50,000 student loan debt was “weighing heavy on her mind,” says her mother.
When Brittany Rose Hallett drank herself to death at 26, her $50,000 student loan debt was “weighing heavy on her mind,” says her mother.
Deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2017 hit the highest level since federal data collection started in 1999.