Drug Overdose Deaths in the US Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants On the Rise "Deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants have increased in the United States in recent years; among 70, drug overdose deaths in , nearly a third 23, [ From to , death rates involving cocaine and psychostimulants each increased by approximately one third, and increases occurred across all demographic groups, Census regions, and in several states. In , nearly three fourths of cocaine-involved and roughly one half of psychostimulant-involved overdose deaths, respectively, involved at least one opioid. After initially peaking in , trends in overall cocaine-involved death rates declined through , when they began to rise again.
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