US Records More Than 107,000 Drug Overdose Deaths for 2021

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US Records More Than 107,000 Drug Overdose Deaths for 2021


May 11, 2022 12:54 PM
VOA News
 

The U.S. set another record for drug overdose deaths last year with more than 107,000 fatalities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Wednesday.

The provisional 2021 total represents a 15% jump from the previous record in 2020, and means there is roughly one overdose death in the country every 5 minutes.

While drugs like opioid painkillers, other opioids and heroin cause many deaths, fentanyl is the leading killer, causing 71,000 deaths last year, which was a 23% jump from the year before.

Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, called the latest numbers "truly staggering."

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-records-more-than-107-000-drug-overdose-deaths-for-2021/6567089.html

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Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!!  At first I didn't see it, but now I do.  Brilliant!  I'm talking about the reason Biden continues to allow the free flow of Fentanyl and other deadly drugs across the border.  He's allowing junkies to kill themselves so the government doesn't have to continue to deal with them.  Brilliant!

[Fishrrman]

Some "problems" are destined to take care of themselves...

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Our Joe is bringing in the replacements.

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US overdose deaths hit record 107,000 last year, CDC says


By The Associated Press and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
Published: May. 11, 2022 at 10:11 AM EDT|Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another tragic record in the nation’s escalating overdose epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Wednesday.

The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one U.S. overdose death every 5 minutes. It marked a 15% increase from the previous record, set the year before. The CDC reviews death certificates and then makes an estimate to account for delayed and incomplete reporting.

Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, called the latest numbers “truly staggering.”

The White House issued a statement calling the accelerating pace of overdose deaths “unacceptable” and promoting its recently announced national drug control strategy. It calls for measures like connecting more people to treatment, disrupting drug trafficking and expanding access to the overdose-reversing medication naloxone.

https://www.fox10tv.com/2022/05/11/us-overdose-deaths-hit-record-107000-last-year-cdc-says/