US overdose deaths hit record 93K in pandemic last year, a 29% increase
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NEW YORK — 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. #drugs #overdosedeaths #pandemic #record #2021