U.S. drug deaths dipped in 2018, but cocaine and meth overdoses rose
The rise of stimulants is the latest drug trend, but not the last
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The rate of overdose deaths involving drugs like methamphetamine (shown) was nearly five times as high in 2018 as in 2012.
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