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Rapper Juice Wrld's Death and Substance Use Struggles: A Second Look


Us Weekly and the harris project revisit Juice Wrld's 2019 death through the lens of co-occurring disorders in 'The Missing Issue'

Launched in 2013, the harris project is a nonprofit dedicated to the prevention and treatment of co-occurring disorders (COD) — the combination of mental health challenges and substance use issues. Jarad Anthony Higgins, a promising hip-hop artist who broke into the mainstream under the stage name Juice Wrld, died on Dec. 8, 2019, at age 21, the result of an accidental overdose involving oxycodone and codeine. Throughout his brief but celebrated career, his lyrics laid bare his bouts with anxiety and depression — and provided a window into the link between his mental health struggles and drug use, known as co-occurring disorders.

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