The AP (5/8, Landers) reported that according to the CDC, “at least 87,000 people died of a drug overdose in America” in the 12-month period ending last September, “an increase of 27% from the previous 12 months and a record for the most such deaths in a single year.” In that same period, “deaths attributed to synthetic opioids, mainly fentanyl, increased 53% nationwide.”
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— “Tragedies pile up with drug overdoses surging amid pandemic “Jamie Landers, AP, May 8, 2021