By Carrie Feibel, National Public Radio, July 21, 2020
More Americans than ever — almost 72,000 — died from a drug overdose last year, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Protection.
This grim record for 2019 was driven by deaths from synthetic opioids like fentanyl, though overdoses involving cocaine and meth also played a role.
Many warn that 2020 could be even worse, as the coronavirus pandemic increases isolation, despair, and economic hardship — all known risk factors for addiction.
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