State Overdose Deaths Surging

Pennsylvania has seen a 14-fold increase in drug overdose deaths over last 35 years, with the death rate of relatively young white women climbing fastest, a new study has found.The analysis, published Thursday in the journal PLOS ONE by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health,...

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