Pandemic life is definitely far from normal, and forced a lot of us to switch up our routines. Some leaned into it as a unique chance to take up new hobbies, or rebalance work/life, but a Washington Post article revealed a darker side to pandemic life. Apparently the American drug epidemic reached a depressing milestone last week when the government announced that over 100,000 people died from overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. In that period, the illegal synthetic opioid fentanyl claimed more lives than all drugs in 2016.
Drug Overdoses Claimed 100,000 American Lives in 12 Pandemic Months
It marks the first time in history that drug-related deaths have reached six figures in a year.
Nov 22, 2021
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