{"id":592513,"date":"2021-07-15T16:36:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T20:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592513"},"modified":"2021-07-15T16:36:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T20:36:56","slug":"u-s-saw-more-than-93k-overdose-deaths-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-saw-more-than-93k-overdose-deaths-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. saw more than 93K overdose deaths during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-saw-more-than-93k-overdose-deaths-during-pandemic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592513&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2457703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2457703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York. (DON EMMERT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:32 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, July 15, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Opioid deaths soared during the COVID-19 pandemic according to a U.S. government report. The report released on Wednesday, found overdose deaths exceeded 93,000 in 2020. This showed a sharp increase from the 72,000 reported the year prior.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have attributed this rise to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and the isolation that followed, which reportedly made it harder for addicts to receive care. Numbers also point to an increasingly poisoned drug supply, as dealers looked to lower manufacturing costs by cutting the illegal narcotics with cheaper drugs such as fentanyl.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A chilling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CDCgov<\/a> report shows over 93k people died from drug overdoses in 2020 (a 29% increase in a single year). This heartbreaking news underscores the urgency of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nihHEALinitiative?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nihHEALinitiative<\/a>&#8216;s efforts to speed solutions to the opioid crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNMY5RcbIg\">https:\/\/t.co\/fNMY5RcbIg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NIH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NIH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Francis S. Collins (@NIHDirector) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NIHDirector\/status\/1415611901254553600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNearly all of this increase is fentanyl contamination in some way,\u201d said Shannon Monnat, an associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University. \u201cHeroin is contaminated. Cocaine is contaminated. Methamphetamine is contaminated.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed 48 states saw overdose increases during 2020.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/don-trump-jr-applauds-cuban-protesters-denounces-communism\/\">Don Trump Jr. Applauds Cuban Protesters, Denounces Communism<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York. 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