72K Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2017, CDC estimates

(By Harrison Cook for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Fatal opioid overdoses killed more Americans than HIV, car crashes or guns in 2017, claiming 72,000 lives, according to a preliminary estimation from the CDC. Continue read article here…

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