Drug Overdoses Killed A Record Number Of Americans In 2020, Jumping By Nearly 30%

Sharon Rivera adjusts flowers at the grave of her daughter, Victoria, at Calvary Cemetery in New York last Mother

More than 93,000 people died of a drug overdose in the U.S. last year, according to new CDC data. Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids accounted primarily for the rise, which the pandemic exacerbated.

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