August 17, 2018 4:50 pm

District Attorney: Opioids surpass all other drugs for first time as No. 1 overdose killer

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2017 were up nearly 7 percent from 2016. Preliminary data shows more than 72,000 Americans died last year from overdoses.

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