(CBN News) Deaths from drug overdoses are hitting astronomical levels. An estimated 100,000 Americans, or roughly 272 a day, died from drug overdoses from March 2020 to April 2021, the CDC said Wednesday, which is a record high. In fact, it’s roughly one-third more deaths from drug overdoses than the year before.
Drug overdose deaths have been steadily climbing the last 20 years, but those increases pale in comparison to the acceleration the last couple of years when the nation has been gripped in the throes of a pandemic that led to isolation from closures, as well as increased fear, anxiety, and other mental health issues that can foster drug abuse.