According to National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, more than four times as many people died from drug overdose than from homicide in the first month of 2021. There were over 96,000 drug overdose deaths that were reported from March 2020 to March of last year.

Opioids kill more than 136 Americans every day, according to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics.

International Overdose Awareness Day is on Wednesday and Dr. Bonnie Milas, Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine for the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and Dr. Patti Anewalt, Director of Pathways Center for Grief & Loss joined us on Tuesday's Smart Talk to spread awareness of the drug overdose epidemic and provide resources that for victims and families.

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