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American drug overdose deaths reach historic record

NPR | By Brian Mann

Published November 17, 2021 at 9:03 AM MST

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More than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States during the 12-month period ending April 2021, according to new date from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.