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Our View: Overdoses rise in pandemic year
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 81,000 drug overdose deaths in 2020, the most ever recorded in a 12-month period.
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In 2018, when health officials saw a drop in overdose deaths, they attributed the change to prevention programs. But the good news didn t last. The numbers rose in 2019, and the pandemic of 2020 laid waste to any dreams of turning the corner.
Deaths by drug overdose in Minnesota climbed 27% in 2020, from 792 in 2019 to 1,008 in 2020.
The national numbers show a similar trend. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 81,000 drug overdose deaths in 2020, the most ever recorded in a 12-month period.