Drugs are more deadly than ever before,
the New York Times reported.
More than 59,000 people are believed to have died by drugs in 2016, when 52,404 people died, according to the report. But the number could be as high as 65,000.
The deaths are more than those who died from HIV at the peak of the AIDS epidemic in 1995.
Because it takes time for drug deaths to be officially determined, the Centers for Disease Control will not have official numbers until December. The newspaper compiled data from hundreds of health agencies to get its preliminary numbers, saying the best estimate is that deaths increased 19 percent.
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/05/upshot/opioid-epidemic-drug-overdose-deaths-are-rising-faster-than-ever.html
