Opioid overdose deaths are still rising in nearly every segment of the country, CDC says
by Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times
Mar 29, 2018
3 minutes
At a time when the country seems hopelessly divided, health officials are here to remind us of something that unites Americans from all walks of life: deaths tied to opioid overdoses.
A report issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presents some alarming new statistics about the opioid epidemic that claims the lives of 115 Americans each day.
Researchers from the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control examined data on fatal
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