Drug Overdoses Hit Record High—Again

Drug Overdoses Hit Record High—Again
(DEA/NYC Office of SNP via AP)

America's two-decade drug crisis hit another new low in 2020. New estimates from the CDC indicate that roughly 93,000 people died from drug overdoses last year, a 30 percent increase over 2019. As drug-policy expert Keith Humphreys noted, drugs are likely now killing more people per day than Covid-19 does.

 



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