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CDC Counted Almost 97,000 Drug Overdose Deaths in First Year of COVID
THE OTHER PANDEMIC
The number of deaths increased 30 percent on the previous 12-month period.
Corbin Bolies
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Oct. 13 2021
5:45PM EDT
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