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US overdose deaths hit record 93000 in pandemic last year
By Mike Stobbe
More than 93,000 drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2020, a record driven by fentanyl
By Lenny Bernstein & Joel Achenbach
U.S. Sees Record Number Of Drug Overdoses, Driven By Opioids
By Bill Chappell
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U.S. drug overdose deaths rise 30% to record during pandemic
By Julie Steenhuysen & Daniel Trotta
'It's Huge, It's Historic, It's Unheard-of': Drug Overdose Deaths Spike (Published 2021)
By Margot Sanger-Katz & Josh Katz