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Drug overdoses skyrocket in Washington state amid COVID

| May 11, 2021 7:24 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — More people in Washington state died of drug overdoses in 2020 than any year in at least the past decade, with the surge likely driven by the effects of the pandemic, state health officials said.

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