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    In 2018, almost 70,000 people died from drug overdoses, making it a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. Of those deaths, nearly 70% involved a prescription or illicit opioid. Drug overdose deaths continue to increase in the United States.

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    Page last reviewed: January 19, 2021
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