CDC: Record high drug overdose deaths in US at over 96,000 in 12-month period
October 15, 2021 at 09:37 AM EDT
U.S. drug overdose deaths exceeded 96,000 in the 12 months leading to March 2021, amid a national decline of opioid prescriptions over the past ten years, according to provisional figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
