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Drug overdose deaths in 2020 may eclipse Pennsylvania’s peak recorded just three years prior, public officials said.
Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs Secretary Jennifer Smith made the statement during a meeting with the Center for Rural Pennsylvania that discussed the intersection of the state’s opioid crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is quite frightening that we are seeing those numbers head back up again,” Smith said.
About 5,400 residents died from a drug overdose in 2017, or about 14 people every single day. It was the deadliest year on record for the state, and the rate had mo...
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