More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, a new record
That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and reported by NBC News, which released the drug data on Wednesday. The number marks a 15 percent increase over 2020’s drug overdose deaths and equates to roughly one death every five minutes.
In 2021, US drug overdose deaths hit highest level on record, CDC data shows.https://t.co/cTV7hPmMCf
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Of those deaths, 71,000 were caused by fentanyl and other opioids — marking a 23 percent increase from the previous year. Cocaine-related deaths saw a 23 percent increase while meth overdoses climbed 34 percent, per the CDC. Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, calls the CDC’s report “truly staggering.”
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