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Drug overdoses soared to a record 93,000 last year
Lenny Bernstein and Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post
July 14, 2021
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Paul Harkin, director of harm reduction at GLIDE speaks with people on a popular alley way with drug users in the Tenderloin neighborhood to handout narcan, fentanyl detection packets and tinfoil to those drug users in need as a part of outreach on the streets of San Francisco, Calif. on Feb. 3 2020.Nick Otto / The Washington Post via Getty Images
WASHINGTON - Deaths from drug overdoses soared to more than 93,000 last year, a staggering record that reflects the coronavirus pandemic s toll on efforts to quell the crisis and the continued spread of the synthetic opioid fentanyl in the illegal narcotic supply, the government reported Wednesday.