Drug Overdoses Increase at Troubling Rate

“Drug overdoses now kill more than 100,000 Americans a year — more than vehicle crash and gun deaths combined,” the New York Times reports.

“No other advanced nation is dealing with a comparable drug crisis. And over the past two years, it has worsened: Annual overdose deaths spiked 50 percent as fentanyl spread in illegal markets, more people turned to drugs during the pandemic, and treatment facilities and other services shut down.”