Over 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, translating to roughly one fatal overdose every five minutes, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.The increase in US overdose deaths began in the 1990s with an uptick in abuse of opioid painkillers, followed by similar trends involving heroin and illicit fentanyl. In 2021, there were over 71,000 fatal overdoses involving fentanyl and synthetic opioids, up 23% from the previous year. There was also a 23% increase in cocaine-related deaths and a 34% in deaths involving meth and other stimulants.
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