Drug overdose deaths rose nearly 30 percent in 2020 to a record 93,000, according to preliminary statistics released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. “It’s a complete shame.”In recent years, annual drug overdose deaths had already eclipsed the peak yearly deaths from car crashes, gun violence or the AIDS epidemic. The death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 375,000 last year, the largest American mortality event in a century, but drug deaths were experienced disproportionately among the young. Change in drug deaths from 2019 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Note: Monthly drug deaths are based on provisional data and may not add up to the annual total.

Source: New York Times July 14, 2021 14:15 UTC