During the pandemic, another devastating health crisis was growing
Opioid overdose deaths rose 30% last year, making 2020 the year with the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in the US, according to the CDC. CNN s Elizabeth Cohen reports on this health crisis that continued to plague the US amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Posted: Jul 17, 2021 1:51 PM
Posted By: CNN I just screamed and cried. I knew my brother was gone.
Michelle Branch lost her brother, Craig Elazer, on September 1, 2020, to a fentanyl overdose. He had been receiving support for his addiction, which he had struggled with since he was 12, but a changed world due to the coronavirus pandemic ultimately led to his untimely death.
An epidemic in the shadow of a pandemic: Drug overdose deaths reach an all-time high in US
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During the pandemic, another devastating health crisis was growing
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