Updated: Nov 7, 2022
Recent drug overdose death data from the CDC reported 108,022 predicted overdose deaths in the 12-month period ending in May 2022. In 2021, the U.S. saw over 100,000 overdose deaths for the first time in a twelve-month period.
PBS [2/21] - Since 2000, 1.1 million people have fatally overdosed in the United States. According to a national survey conducted by the RAND Corporation, 42 percent of U.S. adults said they have know
CDC [2/15] - According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), between January 2020 and December 2022, the percentage of overdose deaths with evidence of smoking