Breaking: Overdose Deaths Surged to Record High during COVID Lockdown

Drug overdose deaths soared to a record high in 2020 as COVID lockdowns overtook much of the country.

More than 93,000 Americans passed away due to overdose, a more than 20,000 death increase from 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Deaths attributable to natural, synthetic, and semi-synthetic opioids, as well as cocaine and psychostimulants all saw upticks. Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), called the data “chilling.”

This marked not only the highest number of deaths ever, but the largest increase in the number of deaths since 1999. Volkow asserted that “the COVID-19 pandemic created a devastating collision of health crises in America.”

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