Even as the rising number of US coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths dominates the spotlight, another national public health crisis-overdose deaths from use of illicit drugs-shows no sign of abating. An estimated 19 416 individuals died of a drug overdose in the United States in the first 3 months of 2020 compared with 16 682 in the same 3-month period in 2019, according to preliminary data released last week by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Center for Health Statistics. The agency also estimates that 75 500 overdose deaths
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