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People were very isolated," said Dr. Joshua M. Arman Maddela, 24, recognizes he was at risk of being among those who died. A recovering addict, he relapsed during the pandemic and was using fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is times stronger than morphine, and heroin. A lot of people in the past were able to relapse and come back.

But nowadays, that's not the case," he said. He checked himself into rehab a second time in October. While overdose deaths were already increasing in the months preceding the COVID outbreak, the latest data show a stark acceleration during the pandemic. Social distancing reduced access to programs that offer needle exchange, opioid substitution therapy or safe injection sites where observers could deploy the overdose antidote Narcan, leaving many addicts to die alone.

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Overdose Rate Change Maps. Overdose Rate Change Graphs. Data Sources. More than 93, people died from drug overdoses in , according to provisional data released by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. That's a Cocaine deaths also increased in , as did deaths from natural and semi-synthetic opioids such as prescription pain medication ," the NCHS said in a statement.

Opioid Crisis Fast Facts. Read More. As in recent years, inappropriate use of opioids was behind most of the deaths. The NCHS reported that overdose deaths from opioids rose from 50, in to 69, in Landmark trial with drug distributors over the opioid crisis begins in West Virginia federal court.