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Across Russia Wednesday, protesters took to the streets in support of the jailed and critically ill opposition leader Alexei Navalny. They denounced the man they blame for his imprisonment, President Vladimir Putin. Amna Nawaz discusses the latest with Celeste Wallander, who was the senior director for Russia and Eurasia on the National Security Council staff under the Obama administration.
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Judy Woodruff:
Across Russia today, protesters took to the streets in support of the jailed and critically ill opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
As Amna Nawaz tells us, they also marched to denounce the man they blame for his imprisonment, President Vladimir Putin.
Key findings
Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality
From 2009 through 2019, the rate of overdose deaths involving both cocaine and opioids increased at a faster pace than the rate of overdose deaths with cocaine but no opioids.
In 2019, 76% of overdose deaths involving cocaine also involved an opioid; the percentage varied by region, from 83% in the Northeast to 63% in the West.
From 2009 through 2016, the rate of overdose deaths involving psychostimulants but no opioids was higher than the rate for deaths involving both drugs; from 2017 through 2019, the pattern reversed with a higher rate for deaths involving both psychostimulants and opioids.
In 2019, 54% of overdose deaths involving psychostimulants also involved an opioid; the percentage varied by region, from 80% in the Northeast to 44% in the West.
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