Overdose Awareness Day: Our Communities Deserve Better Options
Just weeks before Overdose Awareness Day, recognized every year on Aug. 31, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that in 2020, more than 92,000 people had died from a drug overdose – a 29% increase from a record high in 2019. COVID-19-related lockdowns and financial challenges contributed to setting two sobering records: the highest number of deaths in one year, and the largest increase in deaths in one year. Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S....
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