U.S. overdose deaths rose 15 percent in 2021 to more than 100,000

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More than 100,000 people were killed in the United States following drug overdoses in 2021, data showed on Wednesday, as the COVID-19 pandemic fueled a crisis driven by fentanyl and fake online pills.

周三的数据显示，由于新冠疫情引发了芬太尼和在线假药危机，美国在2021年有超过10万人死于药物过量。

Experts say people with substance use disorders have been hit hard by daily life disruptions,

专家说，药物滥用患者的日常生活受到了严重影响，

while authorities are seizing record numbers of counterfeit and sometimes deadly medicines from Mexico.

与此同时，有关部门正在查获史上最大数量来自墨西哥的假冒药品，有的甚至是致命的药品。

Provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics showed there were 107,622 deaths in the calendar year,

美国国家卫生统计中心的临时数据显示，2021年共有107622人死亡，

an increase of 15 percent from 93,655 in 2020.

比2020年的93655人增加了15%。

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid developed to treat the symptoms of chronic pain, was by far the biggest culprit, responsible for 71,238 deaths.

芬太尼是一种用于治疗慢性疼痛症状的合成阿片类药物，是迄今为止最大的罪魁祸首，造成71238人死亡。

It was followed by crystal methamphetamine (meth), cocaine and natural opioids (such as heroin and morphine).

其次是冰毒、可卡因和天然阿片类药物（如海洛因和吗啡）。

"It is unacceptable that we are losing a life to overdose every five minutes around the clock," said Rahul Gupta, director of the White House's Office National Drug Control Policy, in a statement.

白宫国家药物控制政策办公室主任古普塔在一份声明中说：“每五分钟就有一个人死于吸毒过量，这令人难以接受。”

Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced a national drug control strategy to tackle the crisis focused on untreated addiction and trafficking.

上个月，美国总统拜登领导的政府宣布了一项国家毒品控制战略，以解决危机，重点关注未经许可的吸毒和贩运。

来源：iyuba