Fact
Every day, 130 Americans die after overdosing on opioids.
Source 1:
Hedegaard H, Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 1999–2017. NCHS Data Brief, no 329. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db329_tables-508.pdf#page=4