Drug Overdose Deaths Spike Amid Covid-19, With Fentanyl A Top Killer

Louisville Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal
Tue, 03/02/2021 - 10:10am

More Americans than ever before are dying from overdoses, largely due to fentanyl and other drugs from Mexican cartels, according to the CDC and DEA.

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