About 1 in 3 Americans have lost someone to a drug overdose, new study finds
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About one in three Americans know someone who has died of a drug overdose, according to a new survey.
More than 2,300 adults responded to the survey, which was conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and published on Friday.
Thirty-two percent of responders said someone they knew died of a fatal drug overdose. For 18.9% of respondents, the person they knew who died "was a family member or close friend."
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