Drug Overdoses: The Epidemic Inflamed by the Pandemic

Drug Overdoses: The Epidemic Inflamed by the Pandemic
The stress, isolation, and lack of human connection have caused a spike in drug overdoses and addiction
RICHMOND, Va.—Jerry Barton lost everyone around him to opioids. First, he lost his sister. Then, his girlfriend. Later, he lost a close friend from suicide stemming from addiction. And, in February, he found his childhood best friend dead from an opioid overdose.
Before the pandemic and the lockdowns hit, Barton had been 21 months clean from drugs. But the isolation, stress, and lack of human connection took a toll on him.
“It was depressing,” Barton told The Epoch Times inside a recovery home provided by The McShin Foundation, a nonprofit recovery community organization in Virginia. “It bothered me a lot—it actually led to my relapse.”

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