...over twice as many adults 45 and older di..

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"...over twice as many adults 45 and older died in 2020 due to alcohol-related causes than due to COVID-19 directly..."

"...fatal drug overdoses in 2020 increased by nearly 30% over the previous year, reaching an all-time high of more than 93,300."

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Deaths linked to alcohol rose precipitously during the first year of the pandemic, signaling that the true death toll due to the disease as well as its related disruptions and shutdowns is still being counted.

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