NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say an estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year.
That’s a total the nation has never seen.
Experts say it’s tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a more dangerous drug supply. Overdose deaths have been rising for more than two decades. But they accelerated dramatically in the past two years — jumping nearly 30% in the last year alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the new figures Wednesday.
The numbers for the period from May 2020 to April 2021 aren’t yet final.
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Lewes – The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Tuesday morning west of Lewes. Around 8:53 a.m. Tuesday November 16, 2021, a 2015 Chrysler 200 operated by a 37-year-old Port Royal, Pennsylvania man was traveling westbound on John J. Williams Hwy (SR 24), approaching the intersection at Mulberry Knoll Road. At the same time, a 2005 Cadillac Escalade operated by a 42-year-old Salisbury, […]
