U.S. Overdose Deaths Hit Record 93,000 During Pandemic Last Year
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A government report found overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
NEW YORK (AP) — Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday. That estimate far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached the previous year and amounts to a 29% increase. “This is a staggering loss of human life,” said Brandon Marshall, a Brown University public health researcher who tracks overdose trends.
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