Opioid overdose deaths hit the highest level ever recorded in the United States last year, with an estimated 200 people dying per day, a new report by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has found.
Preliminary figures show about 72,000 people died in 2017 from opioid-related overdoses across the country.
About a week ago, US health secretary Alex Azar said overdose deaths have now begun to level off, but he also cautioned that it was too soon to declare victory.
The DEA's National Drug Threat Assessment, which is being released Friday, shows that heroin, fentanyl and other opioids continue to be the highest drug threat in the nation.
But federal officials are concerned that methamphetamine and cocaine are being seen at much higher levels in areas that haven't historically been hot spots for those drugs.
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Yes, but 85% of those dead were Liberal Democrats, so it is a winning situation.
ReplyDeleteLet them go. Less tax dollars spent on ineffective rehab programs.
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me 6:31
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