The article actually addresses this in the final sentence:
“Nearly half of prime age men who are not in the labor force take pain medication on any given day; and in nearly two-thirds of these cases, they take prescription pain medication.”
I think more prominent than the soybeans/BPA/microplastics kind of causes is just plain old opioid dependence.
“Nearly half of prime age men who are not in the labor force take pain medication on any given day; and in nearly two-thirds of these cases, they take prescription pain medication.”
I think more prominent than the soybeans/BPA/microplastics kind of causes is just plain old opioid dependence.