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This Was The Decade Drug Overdoses Killed Nearly Half A Million Americans (2019) [1]

This Was The Decade Drug Overdoses Killed Nearly Half A Million Americans (2019) [1]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/opioid-overdose-decade-war-on-drugs [2]

It was also the decade we finally started treating drug addiction like a disease, spurred by an overdose epidemic that ravaged white, rural America.

Prince. Tom Petty. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Men and women, young and old, rich and poor. Maybe someone you knew or loved.

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[1] https://nicic.gov/was-decade-drug-overdoses-killed-nearly-half-million-americans-2019
[2] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/opioid-overdose-decade-war-on-drugs
[3] https://nicic.gov/tags/drug-abuse