More than two out of five American adults know someone who has died of an overdose: https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/02/21/massachusetts-brookline-rand-study-grief-opioid-overdose-crisis
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@JPSCHWEIZER63 Yeah, totally wild and a mind-blowing article to read. :/ I am fortunate enough to only kinda/sorta have known one person who died of an overdose but it is _rampant_ in many parts of America, particularly in the rural regions.