Healio (7/25) reports, “Deaths associated with alcohol, drugs, and suicide took the lives of 186,763 Americans in 2020, a 20% one-year increase in the combined death rate…a report by Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust” concluded. In addition, 2020 “logged the highest number of substance misuse deaths ever recorded for a single year.” The report’s findings were announced in a May 24 press release from the Well Being Trust.
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— “Substance misuse deaths up 20% in 2020 – highest ever, report finds “Shenaz Bagha, Healio, July 25, 2022