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Drug over­dos­es have sky­rock­et­ed to record lev­els amid the coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic, accord­ing to new num­bers from the Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion (CDC).“While most atten­tion and gov­ern­ment resources have been focused on COVID-19, the over­dose cri­sis has wors­ened as peo­ple strug­gle with job loss­es, iso­la­tion, and the deaths of fam­i­ly and friends brought on by the pan­dem­ic,” The Hill report­ed Mon­day. “More than 83,000 peo­ple in the U.S. are thought to have died of drug over­dos­es in the 12-month peri­od end­ing June, accord­ing to the most recent data avail­able from the Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion, a …