A new CDC report released this month estimated there were more than, 100,000 drug overdose deaths across the nation over the past year. Thatβs an increase of nearly 30% from the previous year. That..
Over 100,000 people died of drug overdoses in a 12-month period ending this past April β a new record high β jumping almost 29% from the previous year.
US Overdose Deaths Exceeded
100,000 in a Single Year, Data Reveals.
The data represents the first time overdose deaths in the U.S. have exceeded such a number.
The data was compiled by the Centers..
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