Listen • 2:15 Justin Kunzelman is the co-founder of or Rebel Recovery Florida. That's him to the right, alongside his wife and their two sons. A non-profit syringe needle exchange program in Palm Beach County says the pandemic has played a role in the spike in drug overdose deaths. TW: Mentions of drug use, addiction, suicide There is a nationwide spike in drug overdose deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that, as of May 2020, the number is the highest amount of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month span. A nonprofit syringe needle exchange program, approved unanimously by Palm Beach County commissioners last year, says “the pandemic has played a role in the spike.”