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Deaths from drug overdoses accelerated during the pandemic, according to preliminary data published earlier this month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were more than 87,000 overdose-related deaths, the highest number ever recorded in a 12-month period. Western Pennsylvania groups that help people struggling with substance use disorder say they have had to adjust the ways they offer treatment and support over the past year.
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President Trump recently declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency. It’s still unclear how much funding, if any, is tied to that…
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Kate is 25 and began drinking, smoking and experimenting with prescription drugs when she was a teenager in Washington County.“I started doing pills in…