As of the writing of this article, covid has officially claimed over three-quarters of a million lives since records were kept, a number that even the CDC has admitted is highly doctored to put it as diplomatically as possible. But something the CDC is largely unable to massage is the data regarding the number of Americans who have lost their lives as a direct result of overdosing on drugs, which has broken all previous records in recent months.
According to data published on Wednesday by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the 12-month period ending on April 2021 saw over one hundred thousand people die from drug overdoses in the United States alone. This represents a stunning 28.5 percent increase compared to the previous 12-month period. Many Americans are concerned over how high these numbers may end up going absent a concerted effort by the federal government and civil society.
According to CNN, the main driver of this alarming increase appears to be synthetic opioids, and fentanyl in particular, whose body count increased by 49 percent and now accounts for nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of all drug overdose deaths.
