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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 30, 2019

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By Scott Rasmussen

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October 30, 2019: Data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 68,557 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. during 2018.[1]

While the total number is discouraging, it represents a 6% improvement from the year before. In fact, this is the first year since 1999 that the number of overdose deaths has declined.[1]


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