100,000 Americans die from drug overdoses in 2022: CDC
Published on: Saturday, May 20, 2023
By: Bernama
WASHINGTON: More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2022, reported Xinhua based on data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Overdose deaths in the United States surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The death number rose from 71,000 in 2019 to over 90,000 in 2020, and surpassed 100,000 in 2021 for the first time.
