| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Epidemieverlauf
USA. In Shadow of Pandemic, U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Resurge to Record
USA. In Shadow of Pandemic, U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Resurge to Record
Drug deaths in America, which fell for the first time in 25 years in 2018, rose to record numbers in 2019 and are continuing to climb, a resurgence that is being complicated and perhaps worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.
Nearly 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — an increase of 5 percent from 2018. (New York Times, USA, 15.07.20209
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/15/upshot/drug-overdose-deaths.html