Drug Overdose Deaths vs. ER Management
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- Published: Monday, 18 February 2019 18:49
Deaths from drug overdose in the United States increased by 54% from 2011 to 2016 — with opioids, benzodiazepines (benzos), and stimulants the most commonly used drug classes involved, a new report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), shows.
The report notes that there were 41,340 drug overdose deaths in 2011 vs 63,632 such deaths in 2016.