US: 2022 recorded 109,000 deaths by drug overdose

WASHINGTON D.C.: Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released last week reported that more than 109,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending January 2023, a slight rise from 2021.

Despite efforts by the Biden administration to tackle drug addiction and overdoses, the data showed that deaths were up 0.7 percent from the 108,825 overdoses recorded in the 12