Industry Resources | May 26, 2021
Overdoses Are Up, But Do We Really Need Just More Residential Beds?
By David Mee-Lee, M.D.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published a Vital Statistics Rapid Release document that showed overdose deaths during the pandemic rose to the highest levels since the opioid epidemic began:
- “at least 87,000 people died of a drug overdose in America” in the 12-month period ending last September, “an increase of 27% from the previous 12 . . .