U.S. There has been a significant increase in deaths from drug overdoses, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that it has set a new record for the year ending May.
The CDC’s Health Alert Network said in a report released on Thursday that drug overdoses had killed 1,303 people since June 2019.
Drug overdoses represent a worsening of the epidemic in the United States and are the largest number of drug overdoses over a 12-month period, the agency said.
The CDC notes that “after a 4.1% decline from 2017 to 2018, the number of overdose deaths increased by 18.2% in the 12 months ending June 2019.”
The death toll from drug overdoses had risen even before the start of 2020, but once the COVID-19 epidemic had stopped, the CDC said.
Synthetic opioids are the main source of the increase in overdose deaths, the agency added, adding, “The 12-month calculation of artificial opioid deaths has increased by 38.4% compared to the 12-month period ending in June 2019. In May 2020. ”
The CDC recommends expanding the use of naloxone, a drug that treats overdoses during emergencies, and people should take excessive prevention classes.
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