Here’s the actual OD data.
It is delayed about 5-6 months so cause of death can be attributed. No one is making anything up or hiding bodies.
The big rise hit during Covid and peaked a couple of years ago. Deaths were down to 80K ish when Biden left, have dropped another 10K or so since Trump.
National and state-level provisional drug overdose deaths from the National Vital Statistics System. Data presented in this visualization include national and state-level death counts, percentage changes in provisional drug overdose deaths, and counts of deaths involving specific drugs or drug...
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