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The White House is introducing a new system to keep an eye on overdoses.
Over 81,000 deaths from opioid overdoses were reported in the US in the last 12 months, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The White House’s National Drug Control Policy Director Rahul Gupta said, “While we continue to see a flattening in overdose deaths…the Biden-Harris Administration remains focused on getting more people with…
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The White House is working on a system to track the number of overdoses.
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s head Rahul Gupta has said that “tens of thousands” of additional lives could be saved in the US if there was more real-time data on opiate overdoses that don’t end in death. “This is a treasure trove of data… can help us identify areas most at…