overdose deaths

May 9, 2025

Overdose deaths climb to record levels in NC, nationwide

November 29, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The effects of the coronavirus pandemic are now being seen in the record number of drug overdose deaths that have occurred between April 2020 and April 2021. According to the Centers for Disease […]

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NC saw record 3,260 drug OD deaths in 2020, continued rise in 2021

August 11, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — In July, the Centers for Disease Control released their predictions for national 2020 drug-overdose death numbers and they again broke records, with 93,331, a 29% spike from the 2019 total of 72,151. North […]