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The opioid epidemic in 6 charts

  • Written by Andrew Kolodny, Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research, Brandeis University
imageMichelle Holley holds a photograph of her daughter Jaime Holley, 19, who died of a heroin overdose in November 2016.Lynne Sladky/AP Photo

Drug overdose deaths, once rare, are now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., surpassing peak annual deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, guns and HIV infection.

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