Password Protected: Karl Williams, MD, FCAP, Allegheny County's chief medical examiner, comments on the increase of deaths due to overdoses. “We know that since 1999, overdose deaths nationwide involving opioids and synthetic opioids have increased by more than eight times and that more than 107,000 deaths were reported in the United States last year alone,” says Dr. Williams.
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