US overdose deaths hit a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a 29% increase

[basquebromance]

this is a pandemic-lite!

US overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year

Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government estimate released Wednesday eclipses the 72,000 drug overdose deaths in 2019 and amounts to a 29% increase.

apnews.com

 

[Votto]

With the lock downs I'm surprised it is not higher.

Democrats are successfully turning the entire country into a killing field, much like they have done to their inner cities and the Middle East.

It's all about population control and limiting carbon footprints.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

If you're stupid enough to do drugs then it's on you when you OD.

No sympathy

 

[GLASNOST]

So, the next time I am reminiscing about the wonderful '60s and someone complains about the drugs back then .......

 

[Concerned American]

With the lock downs I'm surprised it is not higher.

Democrats are successfully turning the entire country into a killing field, much like they have done to their inner cities and the Middle East.

It's all about population control and limiting carbon footprints.

Couldn't be---they were all classed as covid fatalities.

 

[Dekster]

I know a guy who OD'd this year. I personally suspect that it was really an intentional suicide and not the accidental OD they chalked it up as. He was about to go to trial on a felony for which he had zero defense for which he likely would have gotten at least 5 years given his prior record, including for the offense he was charged with. Whether or not going into a COVID spreading prison system as opposed to just a prison system under normal conditions played a roll in his decision, who knows.

 

[surada]

With the lock downs I'm surprised it is not higher.

Democrats are successfully turning the entire country into a killing field, much like they have done to their inner cities and the Middle East.

It's all about population control and limiting carbon footprints.

What bullshit. We have a half million dead from Covid and you have the unholy gall to blame Democrats?

Instability in the ME was caused by Bush's invasion of Iraq and ISIS.

 

[Votto]

With the lock downs I'm surprised it is not higher.

Democrats are successfully turning the entire country into a killing field, much like they have done to their inner cities and the Middle East.

It's all about population control and limiting carbon footprints.

What bullshit. We have a half million dead from Covid and you have the unholy gall to blame Democrats?

Instability in the ME was caused by Bush's invasion of Iraq and ISIS.

Why can we blame Trump for Covid deaths when he is in office but can't blame Biden when he is in office?

Hmm?

There is so much bullsh#t in US politics all we do is sling it at each other all day and nothing ever gets addressed.