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Overdose deaths spiked in Kentucky in 2020


Kentucky among states with largest increase in overdose deaths, CDC says
U.S. leaders revealed a 29% increase in drug overdose deaths between 2019 and 2020. Kentucky with more than a 50% spike in that span, per CDC.
Author: Isaiah Kim-Martinez
Updated: 1:16 AM EDT July 15, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. With the COVID-19 shutdowns of 2020, in many cases we are just now learning the true impact on lives.
Some of it was a worrisome expectation.
Fatalities and increased use of substance, said Michael Rose, a Louisville therapist at The Morton Center.
On Wednesday, we learned about some of the major spikes in drug overdose deaths across the country–a record 93,000 in the U.S. last year. And Kentucky saw a higher percentage increase than the majority of other states. ....

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