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A House member from New York said people “released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.” The ratio is large, but it may not be that large.

By Maria Briceño • April 12, 2023

The authors also noted that recordkeeping limitations can make it difficult to distinguish among deaths by accidental overdoses, intentional suicides and health problems., published in the American Journal of Public Health, seven academics studied data for North Carolina from 2000 to 2015.

Richard Rosenfeld, an emeritus criminology professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, told PolitiFact New York that both studies track with the general academicTonko said that people"released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release."

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