America's opioid epidemic has had far-reaching and generally devastating consequences.
Now, the impact is being seen in organ donations.
Coinciding with a rise in drug-related deaths, the number of organ donors who died of drug overdoses has sharply increased in recent years — "a silver lining to what is absolutely a tragedy," Alexandra K. Glazier, president of the New England Organ Bank, recently told U.S. News & World Report.
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