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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The stories that Judith Feinberg hears from people with substance use disorder are riddled with loss: of jobs, opportunity, security, dignity.