More people died from drug overdoses in 2017 than guns, murders, or car accidents

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Drug overdoses led to more deaths in the U.S. in 2017 than any year on record and were the leading cause of death in the country – DEA
More than 72,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2017 (up 15% from 2016)- NIH
The DEA attributed last year’s uptick in deaths to a spike in opioid-related fatalities. The agency said 49,060 people died as a result of abusing opioids, up from 42,249 in 2016.

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